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BC’s theatre department puts on Naomi Wallace’s One Flea Spare, B2

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Vol. XCVI, No. 10

On the eve of vote, UGBC candidates debate issues

Teams connect debate questions to key platform themes BY MUJTABA SYED Asst. Features Editor

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Underwater and overwhelmed 2000 Commonwealth Ave., Plex are latest casualties of winter water damages BY CAROLYN FREEMAN News Editor

round 12:30 a.m. Wednesday morning, the apartment building at 2000 Commonwealth Ave. experienced a massive leak. All residents were evacuated and told to find other accommodations for the night. Students were directed to stay in the Courtyard Marriott of Brookline, in Robsham Theater, or with friends. According to several residents, some students had trouble finding housing and resorted to wandering around the neighborhood at 3 a.m. looking for a place to sleep. A pipe broke on the 10th floor—likely due to freezing, but the exact cause is still unknown—and water began to cascade down the building to the basement level, according to Chief of BCPD John King. The leak has since been stopped, and repair is underway. Water from the leak is currently being extracted from rooms

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The three candidate teams running for president and executive vice president (EVP) positions in the Undergraduate Government of Boston College (UGBC) participated in a debate on Wednesday night in the Vanderslice Cabaret Room. The discussion centered on contentious campus issues and each team’s platform points. Hosted and organized by the Elections Committee, the event spanned nearly two hours and included questions from a variety of student groups directly related to UGBC’s advocacy efforts. The structure of the debate gave the Elections Committee roughly half an hour at the outset to ask questions that would be answered by all three teams. The next half hour was devoted to questions from representatives of Diversity and Inclusion, including the AHANA Leadership Council (ALC) and the GLBTQ Leadership Council (GLC). After this hour of questioning, all were allowed a two-minute rebuttal in which they could clarify existing points or expand upon aspects that had not yet been discussed. The final portion of the debate allowed audience members to submit questions to the Elections Committee either through OrgSync or on paper at the debate, after which each team ended with a one-minute statement. To begin, the three candidate teams of James Kale, LSOE ’16, and Jose Altomari, A&S ’16; Cassidy Gallegos, LSOE ’16, and Michael Keefe, A&S ’16; and Thomas Napoli, A&S ’16 and Olivia Hussey, A&S ’17, each took turns

answering the Election Committee’s questions—generally on issues that have either commonly arisen during UGBC presidential elections and those that are integral to the job of the president and EVP. At times, each candidate team tied its answers to specific EC questions back to the larger themes of its platforms. On the subject of tobacco’s place on BC’s campus, Napoli pointed to each student’s right to a safe and healthy campus environment to combat converse arguments about students’ right to smoke, indicating that he would pursue a tobacco-free agenda. Similarly, in a discussion on campus diversity, Napoli and Hussey suggested policy changes such as the hiring of a vice president of diversity that must accompany important dialogues on campus as necessary steps to fully unlock students’ ability to fully express their voices on campus. In response to questions about binge drinking on campus, Gallegos and Keefe tied the push to promote healthier practices to their broader platform focus on mental health. “A lot of the things we’re talking about tonight are so interconnected,” Gallegos said. “Many statistics show that [binge drinking] is prevalent here at BC … we have a lot of tangible steps in place that might not make binge drinking end in one year, but will try to make sure students are taking care of themselves both mentally and physically.” Conversely, Kale and Altomari’s response to the same question centered on initiatives that UGBC can pursue to better educate students on safe uses of alcohol, while Napoli and Hussey pointed to a toxic environment between students and the Dean of Students (DOS) due to the number of write-ups at BC and administrative handling of their cases. Both teams also plan on pushing

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BC ﬁlm startup Exposure refocuses on city clients, creative work A dorm room project turned professional undertaking, Exposure extends focus beyond BC BY BENNET JOHNSON Metro Editor Max Prio, CSOM ’16, and Ryan Reede, A&S ’16, lived across the hall from each other during their freshman year. Neither expected they would be filming videos together on a daily basis just two years later. Reede walked by Prio’s room one day and noticed that Prio was editing video footage on his laptop screen. The two struck up a lively conversation about their passion for filmmaking during the first week of school, only to never speak of the matter again throughout their freshman year.

One year later, Prio won a film contest hosted by Hyundai to promote a commercial for Boston College. Recalling Reede’s passion for film, Prio reached out to his former neighbor, and the two worked together to create their video, “Boston College Fan Loyalty.” “Creating the video with Ryan was really our first eye-opening experience with video content and seeing that it was a necessity on campus,” Prio said. During a meeting with the CubanAmerican Student Association (CASA), Prio realized he had the potential to tap into a fresh market at BC. Prio showcased the Hyundai promotional video along with some of his personal projects to as-

sistant director of Student Organizations Karl Bell, and the remaining members of the CASA. Bell was fascinated by the video, and argued that every organization on campus needed a promotional video—one that delves into the details of these groups so students can have a greater understanding about what some of the hundreds of clubs and organizations do at BC. “There are all of these videos that convince you to come to BC, but once you get here there isn’t really any big resource to push you in the direction of certain organizations on campus,” Prio said. “That was something we wanted to change.” Following the Hyundai promotional commercial, Prio and Reede began receiving video requests nearly every day from CLARE KIM / HEIGHTS STAFF

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Exposure Productions’ latest endeavor has been collaborating on the BC series Mod of Cards.

Olympic plans exclude BC, with technical problems at heart of the issue Difﬁculties with Conte Forum could keep BC from contributing to Boston 2024 bid BY BENNET JOHNSON Metro Editor According to Olympic officials, potential technical operational issues with Conte Forum are currently precluding Boston College from inclusion in early talks of Boston’s Olympic bid. Two weeks ago, Boston 2024 officials and

Mayor Martin J. Walsh, WCAS ’09, addressed a crowd of more than 300 Bostonians for the first time in public and answered questions about the city’s potential olympic bid. Many of the events plan to be held on college and university campuses across the city—what Boston 2024 officials referred to as the “University Cluster.” John Fish, chairman of Boston 2024 and chair of the BC Board of

Trustees, explained that a cluster of universities, including Harvard, MIT, and Boston University, are scheduled to host a majority of the athletic events. Thus far, BC has been left out of Boston 2024 Olympic plans “BC was originally in the proof of concept plans to host some events at Alumni Stadium and Conte Forum,” John Fitzgerald, a senior project manager from the Boston Redevelopment Authority and the liaison between the city and the Boston 2024 Organizing Committee, said in an email. “Some folks at the USOC saw potential technical operational

issues with Conte Forum, so it was left out for the time being. As these concepts evolve, I imagine BC will play some role in hosting the Games, be it an event or another use that would occupy their facilities.” University spokesman Jack Dunn was previously unaware of Boston 2024’s decision to potentially omit the University from its plans to host the Olympic Games, although he believes that BC’s location in Chestnut Hill is one factor that led Boston 2024’s executive decision. “My sense is it might have to do with loca-

tion,” Dunn said. “The Olympic Committee has stated that they’d like to host events in closer proximity to downtown Boston and the core train stops. As we have said, we are happy to work with the Mayor and the Olympic committee to determine ways in which we may be of service. Boston 2024 leaders and city officials will host a series of public meetings that will run through September. According to Walsh, the bid is currently in a concept phase and no final decisions have been made regarding venues and transportation. 

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The Theatre Department Workshop has sponsored One Flea Spare, a play about a wealthy couple forced into a 28-day quarantine with a mysterious sailor and a girl. The play will go on Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday at 7:30 p.m. in Robsham Theater.

Thursday, February 19, 2015 The 2015 Annual Ball hosted by UGBC’s Diversity and Inclusion Programming Board will take place this Saturday at the Westin Copley Hotel in Boston. Tickets are available to purchase at the Robsham Theater website for $25 each, two per Eagle ID.

Claudette Colvin, the first person in the south to refuse bus segregation, will speak in the Heights Room at Corcoran Commons. The speaker, who is the grandmother of a MSW student, is sponsored by the Graduate School of Social Work as a part of Black History Month.

News Three students focus on race in BC Ignites talks Briefs By Carolyn Freeman News Editor

Access issues On the heels of a complaint filed with the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights in May 2013 over accessibility issues on the Boston College campus, the federal and state governments are now investigating the University for potentially violating laws regarding accessibility. The Boston Globe reported Wednesday that the Department of Education began a federal inquiry into whether BC lacks sufficient access to more than a dozen facilities on campus. The inquiry is also addressing whether or not the University responded adequately to disability-related grievances. The inquiry further questions if BC has properly addressed accessibility issues related to parking, snow and ice removal. BC is one of just 23 colleges nationally that is being investigated for similar infractions, according to the Globe. BC officials declined to comment to the Globe specifically about the inquiries. The report indicates the University is “assisting the Department of Education and the Massachusetts Architectural Access Board in their reviews.” Over the last several years, students have frequently vocalized their concerns about issues of accessibility on the BC campus. Students have been advocating for the cause directly to the University and through the formation of groups such as the Disability Awareness Committee, led by Phoebe Fico, A&S ’16, and Maryan Amaral, LGSOE ’18. Last month, the Council for Students with Disabilities with formed within the Undergraduate Government of Boston College (UGBC)’s division of diversity and inclusion—with Fico at the helm—as an advocacy group for students with physical disabilities. According to Fico, the group was created for the purpose of removing obstacles for these students in their daily lives at the University. The council hosted its first town hall meeting at the beginning of February. Groups at the town hall discussed three aspects of accessability: residential life; academic life, support, and accommodations; and administrative support and resources.

ARC closes Arc Nightclub & Lounge, a popular Thursday-night destination for Boston College students, has closed its doors after 16 years of service. The club, which is located on Beacon St. in Boston, announced its closure on Facebook Saturday morning. The club has not had a lease for the past five years. Last year, it received an eviction notice from its landlord, according to the Facebook post. “We have some great memories over the years especially Marathon Days and The Red Soxs finally breaking the curse,” the post on Facebook said. “We would like to thank all our loyal patrons over the years. We have only good memories and hope to move the license to a new location in the near future.” The webpage for the club is currently under construction. “We have had a great time over the last 16 years,” the post said.

Questions of racial injustice at Boston College were addressed in the fifth installment of BC Ignites, which was hosted by the Undergraduate Government of Boston College (UGBC) on Tuesday. This latest edition of the student lecture series was titled “Injustice is Here” and took place in Gasson 100. Previous BC Ignites have discussed, among other things, socioeconomic status and mental health issues. One keynote speaker, Anjali Vats, an assistant professor in the department of communications, and three students spoke about their experiences. Then the FACES council, an organization that works to address problems of racism on campus, facilitated multiple discussion groups. Lucas Levine, a member of Student Initiatives and A&S ’15, introduced the event. He said that students may be uncomfortable talking about issues of race, but these conversations were important to have. Levine states that although injustice may seem like a distant idea, it is something concrete that BC students have experienced. Vats first began to think about the problem of race when she was an undergraduate at Michigan State University. She left home when she was 16, and did not know much about race, she said. She first started talking about it with a friend on the debate team at her university. “We quickly realized we were the only people of color in this environment,” she said. “We talked a lot about race in the early hours of the morning on the van rides home. And these conversations, even though we didn’t have the vocabulary to talk about race,

For the next few days, Boston College will continue its celebration of Social Justice Week, a fiveday series of events hosted by the AHANA Leadership Council under the guidance of co-directors Angel Jehng, CSOM ’16, and Monica Azmy, A&S ’15. In 2007, the United Nations General Assembly declared Feb. 20 the World Day of Social Justice. After the day began globally in 2009, BC has been one of the numerous universities to adopt the day, using it as an opportunity to highlight national and local issues of social justice. The AHANA Caucus previously hosted one World Justice Day, but this year decided to expand the day to a week-long event. “The idea for a whole week actually came about because everyone was really interested and passionate about bringing these issues to the larger BC community as well,” Azmy said. “This led to AHANA C aucus’s photo campaign on Facebook and organizing a week for different student groups, both those who have representatives in

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Kareemuh Sabur, GSSW ’16, and two other students talked about their experiences with race and diversity. mattered a lot.” These conversations ultimately led Vats to a career in academics, teaching on issues of race. It is critical to talk about race because of recent events—Trayvon Martin, Eric Garner—that cannot be ignored, she said. Vats challenged the audience to engage in questions of race, and to be an ally with those individuals who fight structural racism. She said that this cultural moment is something that does not come along very often, adding that these conversations in which race is discussed will stick with those who do talk about it. “It’s an opportune moment for you all to connect with each other, to have these types of conversations, and really engage with the question of race,” she said. Kareemuh Sabur, GSSW ’16, spoke about her experience being called exceptional, and how she realized that separating herself from her heritage just made things more difficult. She was called an exception for her race for the first time when

Caucus and other groups committed to social justice, to host events and allow students to see what’s happening on campus in a unified manner.” This year, the events of Social Justice Week have been planned around the phrase, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere,” which was initially written in 1963 by civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., in his Letter from a Birmingham Jail. The AHANA Caucus has collaborated with various clubs on campus, including the Caribbean Culture Club and Haitian Association, BCVC and Global Health, BC Ignites, GlobeMed, Charity Water at Boston College, R.E.A.C.T., FACES & CAB, as well as the 23 culture club representatives and two co-directors making up the Caucus. Each group is working to highlight and expose the issues pertaining to the communities and cultures they are representing. The clubs will host various events throughout the week, including film screenings, guest speakers, and open panels. GlobeMed, for example, chose to focus on the social justice issues impacting its partner organization,

she was 14 and asked her mentor, a graduate student, if it was true that black students are less intelligent than white students. She noted how both white and black people had labeled her as an exception for a poor black child from a poor area. “Soon I started to believe it,” she said. “That I was the exception and that the group I belong to was somehow flawed.” Sabur lived in a housing project and was bussed to selective, predominantly white schools from the age of 10. She then went on to Harvard University for her undergraduate and law degree. Being called an exception is a triumph in some ways, she said, but a danger in others. “I was not understanding that the idea of separating myself out from the people who shared my own background was toxic,” she said. “As soon as we become spokespeople for that toxic system we begin to hate ourselves and we begin to become oppressors.” Next, Sonia Okorie, CSON ’17, responded to quotes from America-

nah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. She also reflected on the first time she had been referred to by a racial slur, when she was 16. Race can be a burden, she said. “All that time it had not occurred to me I was black—I thought I was Nigerian,” she said. “Sometimes race is a rude awakening.” Okorie responded to one quote in particular from Americanah: “The manifestation of racism has changed but the language has not.” Now, Okorie said, people do not look for people to blame. Instead, she asserted everyone needs to participate on all fronts, because race is an obligation. Third, Cusaj Thomas, A&S ’15, discussed the various internalized biases against black students. Based on his own personal experience, he said that underlying racial biases are more painful—the hidden, preconceived biases held by students at BC, who are educated, are the ones that hurt the most. “Underlying issues and underlying biases run much deeper than overt action,” he said. n

Monday, Feb. 16

1:04 a.m. - An officer filed a report regarding two students who were transported to a medical facility in Walsh Hall.

3:21 p.m. - An officer filed a report regarding a medical transport from Gasson Hall.

4:23 p.m. - An officer filed a report regarding a fire in Ignacio Hall.

Chinmaya Organization for Rural Development in India.Yesterday’s event featured a golden toilet. The co-presidents of GlobeMed, Maggie Bennett, A&S ’15, and Nathalie Lavoie, A&S ’16, visited last summer and were struck by the various health and social justice issues that stemmed from open defecation. The two hope to raise awareness of such conditions with those at BC. “Open defecation poses a really serious health risk and we were both really lucky to have been and sort of seen what that looks like, in person,” Lavoie said. “It’s just one of those social justice issues that people don’t talk about. Open deification is seriously a problem for dignity and health and all of these other things, so I think the golden toilet is sort of making that spoken about.” The two explained that although health sanitation issues may not be as glamorous as other social justice concerns, these problems are just as serious and need to be exposed in order to be addressed. In bringing their golden toilet to campus, the group hopes to spark a conversation, inviting students to join them in their quest to bring more toilets to areas in

desperate need, such as those they encountered in India. “I feel like BC is social-justiceoriented in a particular way, you know?” Bennett said. “And we want to kind of break out of that … very comfortable way, and really get involved in meaningful social justice issues.” Along with sanitation issues, the Social Justice Week’s events cover topics including the impacts of the Haitian earthquake of 2010, the roles that race and diversity play at BC, the ecological impacts of the bottled water industry, and sex trafficking. All topics discuss will attempt to connect back to King’s words from Birmingham. The week will conclude on Friday, the World Day of Social Justice, when various student groups will be tabling activities around campus to try to get others involved. “We hope to highlight that awareness has been controlled by media and that all injustices are simply that—unjust and incomparable to each other based on severity and need for media attention,” Jehng said. “We hope to bring awareness to social injustices because awareness can lead to action.” n

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CORRECTIONS The following correction is in reference to the issue dated Feb. 16, 2015 Vol. XCVI, No. 3 The article “BC bOp! jazz ensemble’s stylish Cabaret sendoff” said that there is a cello in the ensemble. There is not.

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Tuesday, Feb. 17 4:27 p.m. - An officer filed a report regarding larceny from a residence in Duchesne East. 5:10 p.m. - An officer filed a report about a larceny in the Flynn Recreation Complex.

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How do you procrastinate? “Watching ‘Parks and Recreation’”—Solina Jean-Louis, A&S ’18

“Watching TV, anything on the CW or ‘Game of Thrones’.” —Alex Sanchez, LSOE ’15

“By doing as many non-school events as possible.” —Blake Freitas, A&S ’18

“By going through Wikipedia and by answering this question.” —Jake Ciafone, A&S ’18

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Thursday, February 19, 2015

Five students recognized for embodying spirit of MLK By Arielle Cedeno Heights Editor

An audience of administrators, alumni, and students fully dressed in black and white sat in support of the work of five undergraduate finalist for the Martin Luther King, Jr. Scholarship. The award is given each year to a Boston College student who exemplifies the characteristics and commitment of Dr. King. Tuesday night marked the 33rd annual installment of the scholarship ceremony, sponsored by the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Committee and the Office of Student Involvement, with this year’s ceremony titled “Beyond Black and White: Towards Justice.” The ceremony highlighted the accomplishments of the five selected finalists, and ultimately recognized one as this year’s MLK Scholarship winner: Cai Thomas, A&S ’16. The scholarship recognizes the merit of BC juniors that seek to emulate the spirit of MLK, working and serving in solidarity with his fight for social justice and equality. The finalists are determined from a pool of applicants by the MLK Scholarship Committee on a holistic basis, including academic excellence, and cocurricular and service activities. The winner is presented with a $20,000 scholarship that goes toward school tuition for the following year, and the four subsequent finalists are each awarded with a $3,000 scholarship to go toward tuition. Additionally, all five finalists are given a $1,000 gift certificate to the BC Bookstore to go toward the purchasing of textbooks. The winner also receives a portrait of MLK that was done by a former member of the MLK Memorial Committee. This year’s finalists included Julia Biango, A&S ’16; Elisa Bushee, A&S ’16; Ronald Claude, A&S ’16; Afua Laast, LSOE ’16; and Thomas, the winner. The ceremony opened with an introduction from Patricia Birch and Susan Michalcyzk, co-chairs of the MLK Memorial Committee. The committee began as a small group of faculty and administrators informally meeting to commemorate Dr. King’s legacy, which eventually led to the establishment of annual dinner in his memory, starting in 1982. It now continues the work of preser ving MLK’s legac y through the co-sponsorship of activities, events, performances, and workshops, as well as the donation of advanced study grants and the MLK Scholarship.

“We have accomplished much since the first meetings of a small group of dedicated members of the University committed to honoring Dr. King’s memory,” Birch said. “Each year, we renew the Memorial Committee’s purpose: to eradicate racism and promote multicultural understanding.” The ceremony continued with a performance from the student gospel choir, Voices of Imani, under the direction of David Altenor, BC ’09. Last year’s scholarship recipient, Patience Marks, A&S ’15, gave her remarks on the scholarship and the merit of this year’s candidates. The event’s keynote speaker was Valerie D. Lewis-Mosley, BC ’79, whom the program identifies as a healer, scholar, pastoral theologian, and doctoral candidate. Lewis-Mosley has made significant impacts across various areas of the BC community. From co-creating BC’s trademarked AHANA acronym to advocating for cultural sensitivity within nursing, she is credited with influencing the culture of change at the University. Lewis-Mosley discussed her sense

of what authentic multiculturalism means from a religious and historical perspective, referencing the life and times of certain ancestors—MLK , specifically—and the implications of understanding and honoring his legacy as a Jesuit Catholic university and a spiritual body of people. Lewis-Mosley chose to focus on the young people that propelled change— noting the four freshmen in Greensboro, N.C. that participated in a “sit-in” in 1960 to petition segregation, which was a catalyst for the civil rights movement. She also noted the cultural relevance that that “sit-in” holds in recent times. “The reason why I won’t talk about ‘I Have A Dream,’ is because in the midst of reporting that very momentous day, we have lost the vision of what led to that dream,” Lewis-Mosley said. Lewis-Mosley concluded with an exhortation for the University to reconsider and realign itself to its identity as an institution that upholds JesuitCatholic ideals of social justice. She directly referenced the events of this past December and the University’s sanctioning of students that partici-

pated in the “die-in” protest in St. Mary’s Hall. She connected the reproach of these students to the reproach that many young people faced while boldly standing up for social equality during the civil rights movement. “So I ask us, as a Catholic university, as a body of believers, are we truly who we say we are?” Lewis-Mosley said. “Church, Boston College, AfricanAmerican community, AHANA, we need a chest tube so that we can breathe again, so that we understand that the vitality of life is promised to everyone, and that our young people—in an institution that is authentically a university, that keeps with the universal way of being—should not be silenced. They should not be condemned. They should not be sanctioned. And they should not, after the fact, be given an injunction about ‘not the next time.’” In her request for the University to create an environment that is inclusive and welcoming to this type of demonstration, Lewis-Mosley connected the spirit of December’s protest to Jesuit ideals of social justice. “What better place [St. Mary’s Hall] for them to exemplify what you have

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After being selected for the scholarship, Cai Thomas, A&S ‘15, celebrates in the arms of her mother, who flew to the ceremony from Miami, Fla.

taught them—those social justice ideals of Jesuit spirituality,” Lewis-Mosley said. “I think Mother Mary would have been proud of her sons and daughters who laid down their life in an institution and a chapel named after her.” “Let us stand up for what is right, and let us lay down so that others can breathe,” Lewis-Mosley said at the conclusion of her speech, to which she was met with a standing ovation from the audience. The ceremony proceeded with a formal introduction of the finalists that included videos of each candidate reading an excerpt from their application essay. Candidates spoke of the inspiration that MLK has been for them—in their personal lives, in their mission, and in inspiring their service to humanity. University President Rev. William P. Leahy, S.J., presented the scholarship to this year’s elected winner, noting the commitment evident in each of the scholarship finalists this year. “The message of Dr. King—and also the message of Christ—is that we are to be these examples of hope, of forgiveness, of reconciliation,” Leahy said. “We have five individuals who have applied for this scholarship, each of them, in their own way, is an example of light, of peace, and of reconciliation.” Thomas was presented with the scholarship for her service and work in exposing narratives through film. “Art is a great medium because it has the power to transcend the cultural lines and exhibit authentic storytelling and highlight the human condition in ways that other mediums cannot,” Thomas said in her video. A communication and film studies double-major, Thomas has produced and directed numerous film projects, including an eight-part documentary film exposing the production of “For Colored Girls.” Thomas has also participated in various service initiatives, including the Jemez Pueblo Exchange, Loyola Volunteers, and Breakthrough Collaborative, in which she served teenagers in her home community in Miami. Thomas hopes to pursue filmmaking as a career, with a continued focus on telling stories that would otherwise remain untold. “This is beyond amazing and to share it with all of you—to have a blend of students, alumni, and administration here—and being able to connect with other people has been truly a blessing,” Thomas said. n

Carroll School ranked No. 7 in recruitment by Wall Street Oasis By James Lucey Heights Staff

Boston College’s Carroll School of Management is, it would seem, no stranger to external praise in recent years. Its growing rank among competing undergraduate business schools in the United States is an affirmation of this, suggestive of a steady rise in prominence in the national undergraduate business schools milieu. Most notably in 2014, Bloomberg Businessweek ranked CSOM in its top five undergraduate business schools in the country, placing the school at the position of number four—a two-spot improvement from the previous year and a substantial improvement from its ranking of 16th three years prior. A ranking released earlier this month on the popular Banking and Finance community website WallStreetOasis. com (WSO) continues CSOM on this trajectory, placing the business school at the number seven spot on its list of “2014 WSO University Power Rank-

ings: Top 50 Schools for Wall Street Recruiting.” In a brief preamble to a large graphic listing these “Top 50” schools, WSO explained the metrics it employed in this ranking system. WSO devised this numerical ranking by giving schools credit for being a “top school” for a particular bank or set of banks, explaining that it hoped to “give an idea of where the WSO members are getting interviews from … which gives us an idea of the recruiting trends of firms and what their top target schools list looks like.” Built upon data points collected from users who have submitted “Interview Insights” to the WSO company database, these rankings compile relative percentages of interviews granted to students at certain universities in comparison to other top universities. In the fine print, WSO includes a disclaimer that “the percentage of actual interviews granted at each school are much lower in reality, but we wanted to easily highlight the relative strength in recruiting at just the top 50 schools.

This does not mean that going to one of the top schools makes recruiting for Wall St. much easier.” Coming from a forum-based website like WallStreetOasis.com, this recent distinction differs slightly from rankings from Bloomberg Businessweek and other similar publications. Entirely user-generated, WSO’s assessment of matters such as these implies a level of recognition on the part of a wider and more socially active financial community. “It’s a very popular location for people to post articles, to conduct surveys—it’s a great forum for people who are working on Wall Street, or looking to learn more about Wall Street,” said Louis Gaglini, the associate director of Employment Relations and Recruiting at the Career Center in regards to WallStreetOasis.com. “I would say to any student that anytime you see something like this, where folks are actively engaged in an industry, to pay attention to it—gather information the way you think you need it. There’s never any one strict, go-to source.”

Gaglini spoke about this recent ranking and rankings in general as somewhat of a barometer for progress. He said, though at times flattering, rankings deserve a certain level of scrutiny as far as credibility is concerned, given that the takeaway from rankings such as these can be rather subjective. “There are a lot of rankings out there and everyone can interpret them as they wish—I’ll never suggest to someone how they should interpret a ranking,” Gaglini said. “What I will say to folks is that if they’re curious about it, explore it—find out the basis of it, ask questions about it, find out the sample that is used.” The nature of this ranking is also unique in its specificity to recruitment for highly competitive positions, speaking to many of the strengths of BC as a community, both professionally and personally. “The root of any survey that would reflect well on Boston College, the basis of that is on our students,” Gaglini said. “That is what will drive our success going forward. Boston College alumni are

very important to our success.” Pivotal to success of this nature, Gaglini cited the role of BC’s large and growing “Career Community.” “It’s a rather simple equation,” he said. “As alumni I think BC alumni want Boston College students to be successful, they’re going to support the efforts we make, they have a certain affinity to the university that others just don’t have.” In remarking on recent successes of CSOM as far as rankings and ordinal assessments are concerned, Gaglini offered praise to some of the less outspoken programs at BC and commented on the highly public nature of rankings in the business world and among business schools. “ The nursing industr y and the healthcare industry, they’ll do their types of rankings,” Gaglini said. “Education and even nonprofits—they’ll do their surveys as well. You just hear a lot more about the ones that happen in the financial world—they’re more prolific, they’re more frequent and they get published more often.” n

Candidates debate contentious campus issues prior to UGBC elections Debate, from A1 programs, if elected, that would give students more options on weekend nights than what is currently commonplace in the BC community. When prompted with the question of whether the teams were inheriting a broken or flawed UGBC that was in need of repair, each duo provided different perspectives on UGBC as they vie for its top office. “I don’t think there is a need for Olivia and I to restore or renew UGBC,”

Napoli said, focusing on using UGBC’s current foundations to broaden its reach and interact with the student body in more meaningful ways. “What we need to do is go back to basics and focus on this idea that UGBC is here for this sole idea of serving you … if we really focus on what matters, we can become that premier advocacy body.” Opposing Napoli’s statement, Gallegos argued that UGBC is, in fact, a broken and flawed body that needs the reform she and Keefe hope to bring to office. Citing the organization’s current

negative connotation on campus, she keyed in on the need for greater transparency in all respects. Kale and Altomari, offering their view as the candidates who have been least involved with UGBC over the past few years, emphasized that they view it as a developing organization, and that they want to be a part of that development. The candidate teams then took turns discussing more specific issues posed by representatives from Diversity and Inclusion as well as the audience, such

as homophobia on campus, AHANA students, and the role of ALC on campus, the University’s response to the die-in protests on campus in December, and potential policies to serve students with disabilities on campus. In closing, Kale and Altomari emphasized their push as newcomers to UGBC to maintain their focus on the University community at large and make sure the organization acts as an effective advocate to foster students’ voices on campus. Napoli and Hussey made note of two

final points—their heavily benchmarked and researched platform, as well as the diversity of experiences he and Hussey bring to the table. Gallegos and Keefe ended by keying in on their past track record of creating change on campus, as well as their ability to work within and outside of UGBC to push their platform points if they win. Voting on UGBC president and EVP can be done online through Orgsync. It is currently underway and will conclude Friday, February 20th at 6 p.m. n

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Thursday, February 19, 2015

Confessions of Emerson newspaper puts price tag on missed classes a Chop-aholic By Joanna Yuelys For The Heights

Sarah Moore I didn’t grow up watching Tommy, Chuckie, and Angelica, but instead with Paula, Emeril, and Giada. In middle school I clicked channels past The Hills and America’s Next Top Model, to happily settle in for 30 minutes with the Barefoot Contessa. I remember my thrill over the poorly dubbed original Iron Chef episodes, a smaller and more excited version of myself blissfully exchanging cartoons for The Food Network. Beyond the excessive amount of hours I have spent watching it, The Food Network has always maintained a particular role in my life, it being the only channel number I have memorized on both my mom and dad’s TVs. I am thoroughly convinced that Alton Brown’s chocolate chip cookie recipe was responsible for my good grades in high school (yes, I was that person who left baked goods in the English department) and the highlight of my third grade was when I got to meet Iron Chef Morimoto after he did an event in D.C. Rachael Ray’s 30Minute Meals made up the most of my dinners throughout grade school—that is, until my mom became a vegan, which is a topic for another column entirely. The Food Network is my Sopranos, my Breaking Bad, my Mad Men. Between re-reading Moby Dick, frolicking around the city in search of Metro content, sipping Pumpkin Spice lattes, and all of my other responsibilities, I have little time to catch up on my favorite TV content. There is a possibility, however, that I may be able to find my Food Network favorites elsewhere. Mario Batali, the red-headed teddy-bear of an Italian Iron Chef, is rumored to be opening one of his specialty food stores in The Hub. A brainchild of Batali, Eataly is half Italian Whole Foods, half cozy North End restaurant with a touch of Otto’s and a splash of Wegman’s Beer and Wine section. The slice of Italy already has two U.S. locations, one in New York and another in Chicago, and, according to Boston Restaurant Talk and the ponytailed-chef ’s twitter, is very close to acquiring a Boston location. More impending than Batali’s Mecca of all things Italian, his first Boston restaurant, Babbo Pizzeria, is set to open doors in the Seaport in April. Though there are few things not to love about an orange Croc-wearing Italian Chef, in terms of Food Network personalities, I think that Boston could have done better. It’s nothing personal, as Batali would probably rank as one of the top five Food Network chefs that would be most fun to hang out with, but we already have the North End—how much more pasta and cannolis can a city withstand? In wake of Batali’s move to the Seaport and my self-proclaimed Food Network expertise, here are some Chefs that I think would fare better with a Beantown restaurant. Paula Deen - Because Boston needs some more butter. Have you seen those marathon runners? The city, ranked third healthiest in the U.S. by Forbes, could stand to gain a few extra pounds. Also the southern charmer survived being hit in the head with a ham, so she could definitely handle anything Boston has to throw her way. Bobby Flay - Because I am tired of my Californian and Texan friends complaining about New England Tex-Mex. Also, I think everyone can agree that you would much rather taste Bobby’s burgers than Batali’s baked ziti (feel free to take that how you will). Guy Fieri - I honestly don’t even know if he can cook because most of his shows consist of him driving around in a red convertible and screaming things like, “We’re riding the bus to flavortown!” But I do know that his bleached hair and signature flame shirt would bring Boston a good time. Giada De Laurentiis - Sorry Batali, if Boston is going to go Italian, we might as well go for the Queen of Italian cuisine. She might annoyingly overpronounce Italian cheese names, but she looks good doing it.

Sarah Moore is the Asst. Metro editor for The Heights. She can be reached at metro@bcheights.com

For an unprecedented total of four days this semester, Boston College and many other local colleges and universities have been forced to close—prompting many students to question the value of their education. On Feb. 10, The Berkeley Beacon, a student newspaper at Emerson College, launched an interactive feature on its website that allows students to calculate how much money they have lost this semester in missed classes. Ryan Catalani, the editorin-chief of The Berkeley Beacon, ironically devised the calculator on one of Emerson’s snow days. The online calculator includes insight into the methodology of the tool. “At Emerson, one credit costs $1,145, and one credit is worth approximately 15 hours of classroom instruction per semester (or one hour of classroom instruction for 15 weeks), according to The Beacon’s webpage. “This means each hour of classroom instruction is worth approximately $76.33. To calculate the total value of Emerson’s snow days, the number of class hours per day entered is multiplied by the number of days canceled.” Catalani said the calculation is simple enough that the print edition of the paper included a worksheet that would allow students to figure out their losses manually.

The results seemed to hover around $1,000, which is enough to make many students feel guilty for spending their day off enjoying the snow. The calculator garnered a wide array of responses from both the student community and professors at Emerson—a reaction prompted by users sharing their results via social media. “Based on the Twitter reactions, it did seem like for them it was an eye opener,” Catalani said. On Twitter and Facebook, users have discussed the implications of monetizing education on an hourly scale. One Twitter user responded, “Snow calculator shows how much canceled @EmersonCollege classes are worth. Simultaneously hilarious and upsetting.” Proponents of the calculator argued that missing class is a detriment to one’s education, despite the fact that on the surface it can feel like a reward. Other critics did not feel the same: “Of course we missed a lot of classes, what are you trying to say?” Catalani said, describing the typical opponent’s response. According to Catalani, the calculator ignited conversations about the strong feelings inherent in most students’ relationships with their education. He explained that it is natural to be inclined to ignore work, but too much downtime can be an extraordinary drain on one’s desire to be productive. An additional topic the calculator addressed was the distribution of students’

tuition dollars. While many argued that the cancelled days should be included in a conversation about lost tuition dollars, others pointed out that tuition could be distributed in other ways across the university besides classes. “Some professors were quick to point out that, you know, you aren’t exactly losing any money per se,” Catalani said. Emerson is one college that requires make up time for any class lost due to snow days. Catalini explained that while it is nice to think that making up for lost time is required, it is important to consider how exactly it would be possible to ensure that every student gets sufficient compensation for the time lost. Catalani believes some people are misconstruing the purpose of the calculator. He said the invention was not intended to provoke frustration at the loss of current resources for students, but it was merely created to spark a conversation. “Not all of the value of an education comes from classroom time,” Catalani said. While the calculator has sparked a campus-wide conversation at Emerson, it is clear that many students at Emerson are

ready to stop thinking about snow days and get back into their school routine. “Some of my friends on Facebook were already saying, you know, ‘I just want to get back to class already,’” Catalani said. n

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BC filmmakers take on professional projects in city Exposure, from A1 Prio and Reede’s extensive background in film stretches long before founding Exposure Productions. Prio grew up in Miami, Fla., son of a freelance film director, and has been creating short videos for a number of years. Reede, on the other hand, was raised in California, creating and animating stop-motion videos in his spare time. Reede’s father also created student films at UCLA while he was a high school student. “Doing something I loved to do in my free time for actual work seemed almost like a foreign concept to me at first,” Reede said. “But it has worked out really well, and we have made some kick-ass promotional content right from the start.” Exposure bases a number of its business decisions on the success of its role model, Sandwich Video—a film company based in Los Angeles that focuses on monetizing promotional videos for startups. Sandwich Video works with many companies that are looking to pitch

their ideas to investors, but do not have a developed product yet. Their business model is designed to use videos as a source to get funding from clients in the future. “For us, being in Boston and doing all of these promo videos, our end goal is to be this kind of resource for startups,” Prio said. “We are a startup ourselves and know how hard it is to get ideas out there, so we want to help businesses convince people that they are worth the time and money.” Exposure received a number of offers from clients across campus in its first year. The company’s first project was a promotional video for the Black Student Forum, highlighting its Black Family Weekend event. Although the video was a big success for Exposure, Prio explained that the startup had little influence in promoting its big debut project, and looked to get further involved with the marketing aspect of its work in the future. Exposure’s big break came when the Undergraduate Government of Boston College (UGBC) reached out and hired the startup to create a video for UGBC’s

annual event, Showdown, with a tight one-week deadline. Spending roughly three hours in various dance studios each night, Prio and his team collected hours of footages to be condensed into a short 97-second video. The Showdown video collected over 2,000 views within the first 48 hours, and the Exposure media Facebook page, created at the same time, had 400 likes within 36 hours. Over the past year, Exposure has also worked with other clients, including the marketing department in the Carroll School of Management, the BC Marching Band, as well as various apps and startups in the city of Boston. “It’s really cool to help these companies and know that we had some sort of involvement in getting them launched,” Prio said. Currently, Prio, Reede, and other members of Exposure are part of the team responsible for filming Mod of Cards. The show is the group’s biggest project thus far, requiring a significant amount of work compared to the three to five minute promotional videos the

startup typically releases. Although the team is not compensated for its work with the show, Prio and Reede argued that Mod of Cards provides a bridge for the company to do work on a much bigger scale. “We used to know exactly what we were getting into,” Reede said. “With Mod of Cards, you never know what to expect. We are super proud of the first few episodes and they are just going to get better and better.” Looking to the future, Prio and Reede hope that they will have more time in their final year at BC to push Exposure to its limits. The duo plans to make more creative content and use skills gained from Mod of Cards in other projects, current concepts including a Boston time lapse video and a film-writing contest in the city. “We’re at a point where people are realizing the value of video,” Prio said. “For BC as a whole, we want to give future students a resource where they want to go watch our videos because there is valuable information there. That is something we are changing.” n

Photos courtesy of exposure productions

Max Prio, CSOM ‘16, and Ryan Reede, A&S ‘16, are two of the founders of Exposure Productions—a student startup that has filmed a number of promotional videos across campus.

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Thursday, February 18, 2015

Roast Beast sandwich joint carves out its place in city food scene By Anthony Perasso For The Heights

“We make a killer sandwich, that’s just what we do,” said Roast Beast’s owner, DJ Lawton. Lawton argues that the success of his restaurant, Roast Beast, is bound to forever change the way Boston College students think about basements. While many students typically associate basements with grimy, rat-infested, offcampus homes, they’re in for a pleasant surprise when entering the basement location of Roast Beast on Commonwealth Ave. Roast Beast exudes minimalism and efficiency through its simple interior and humble location. Similar to its laid back atmosphere, ordering one of Roast Beast’s sandwiches is an easy process. Customers select the size of their sandwich— regular, large, or mega—as well as the option of a deli roll, onion roll, or wheat roll. The restaurant also offers a variety of meat options, including roast beef,

turkey, and chicken. As far as toppings go, Roast Beast wouldn’t be a proper sandwich joint if it didn’t offer lettuce, tomatoes, and onions—spicy pickles are also noteworthy addition to the menu. Owner DJ Lawton and company also offer 15 cheeses and 13 sauces. A popular option is the restaurant’s Thermonuclear Sauce, which is made from the notoriously hot ghost chili pepper. Chips, sodas, and brownies are also available to complement the sandwich. The high number of combinations available at Roast Beast have the potential to make each visit unique—even if the restaurant just offers one option on its menu. Although Roast Beast is situated in its humble location on Commonwealth Ave. near Boston University, the restaurant has received accolades across the city of Boston. Satisfied customers have awarded Roast Beast with a 4.5-star rating on Yelp! At one point, the restaurant had 100 perfect reviews, according to Lawton. Internet culinary critics have spoken, and Roast

Beast has passed their taste test. And Roast Beast’s sandwiches don’t just taste good—they look good. “You eat with your eyes, too,” Lawton said. He described sandwich-making at an almost scientific level, acknowledging that certain toppings cannot be placed together for structural and culinary purposes. “There’s a certain way your mouth interprets the sandwich.” Lawton opened Roast Beast in April 2011 after the authorities closed down his lucrative smoke shop, The Joint. Instead of letting The Joint’s unfortunate closing weed out his entrepreneurial spirit, Lawton used the fire of his internal frustration to fuel the opening of his now smokinghot Roast Beast in the very same basement location on Commonwealth Ave., right off of Packards Corner on the B-line. Lawton, a native of Boston’s South Shore and a 2009 graduate of BU, loved the Massachusetts staple of roast beef sandwiches as a kid. When his original business was shut down, Lawton looked for inspiration. He was heavily influenced by a professor at BU who had

made his money at Dunkin’ Donuts, and decided to open up a restaurant. “I never pictured myself working for anyone,” Lawton said. “I wanted to do my own thing.” With a little financial support from his family, Lawton painted over The Joint’s signs and was able to open Roast Beast. Business didn’t pick up immediately; it took him eight months to get his first paycheck, but Lawton was determined to stick with his newly opened business. Nowadays, Roast Beast has become so popular that there are times where its small staff struggles to keep up with demand. According to Lawton, they can sell hundreds of sandwiches on weekends days, and lines can get up to 15 minutes long. “I felt like it was my obligation to my family to make this place successful,” Lawton said, who commutes over three hours to his restaurant from his home at the bottom of Cape Cod. Lawton and the rest of the Roast Beast staff maintain a friendly neighborhood atmosphere in their restaurant,

which Lawton says has been a crucial reason for Roast Beast’s increased popularity. “We just try to be nice to our customers—you know, like remember their names and greet them when they walk in,” Lawton said. “We get lots of local residents, college students, policemen, and firefighters. And we give them fresh ingredients.” Lawton takes such pride in his sandwiches that Roast Beast does not offer delivery. Lawton argues that the quality of the sandwich would be compromised in the process. Looking to the future, Lawton is careful to not get too headstrong. While he’s had opportunities to branch out his relatively small shop and open stores downtown, he’s held back—wary of the potential financial risks. Instead, he’s working on establishing his brand and continuing to churn out good sandwiches. Lawton hopes he can hire the right people to help him expand and possibly franchise his business when the time is right. n

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To park or not to park: A Bostonian’s guide to curb etiquette Kayla Famolare It was a moment of pure, unadulterated despair and anguish. I stood there in my driveway, having just taken upward of two hours to shovel it out—pom-pom hat clad, shovel in hand, and white powder on my sweatpants indicating the snow was up to my mid-thigh. I stood there looking like a sad puppy, forced to bathe after playing in a puddle of mud. I discovered that someone parked in the middle of Gerald Rd., blocking my driveway so that I could not swing my car out. I don’t know what made me angrier—the blatant disregard for my work, or that my long-anticipated Chipotle divulgence would have to be postponed.

Thankfully, I don’t experience the brunt of the so-called “Parking Wars” that are fought on the streets of Boston each winter. (I’m a brat. I have a driveway.) But for others on my street without the luxury of a solid driveway spot, it’s out to the trenches of this year’s record breaking 80 inches of snowfall. In these “Parking Wars,” you must fend for yourself and spend a grueling amount of hours digging out your artillery vehicle amid mounds of snow. So you dig your car out, go inside to reward yourself with a nice buff chix sub and a six-pack from the packie, and enjoy the rest of your (fourth) snow day. But alas, the vacation has ended and it’s time to drive to school, work, etc. To yourself, you think, “S—t, what do I do about this gloriously dug out spot?” Residents throughout Boston resort to “marking their territory” with beach chairs, cones, boxes—you name it. They are symbols—a battalion’s color guard

almost—monuments to the hard work and blisters that went into digging out one’s car. It is universally known that this spot is the property of he that so digs it out and there is an etiquette that is silently known by Bostonians as not to mess with said spot, for fear of unspeakable, Departed-style punishments. Across the street from my house lies a plastic lawn chair with an inscribed note: “Dear Neighbors, I worked very hard on shoveling out this spot. Please respect that. Please, don’t be a d—k.” Nicely put, my friend. This year, however, newly-elected Mayor Martin J. Walsh, WCAS ’09, banned the “Parking Wars” culture in Boston, hoping to create a greater sense of charity and communal workings to collectively dig out each and every parking spot, while helping neighbors. This has incited an even greater war. I heard a story the other day of a

friend that was in a constant stand-off with one of her neighbors—she dug out the spot; her neighbor parked in it and placed his own spot marker; she removed it and parked in her original spot; her neighbor buried her car in snow. There are countless keyed cars, cracked windshields, and snowball dents. It’s ruthless, it’s relentless, it’s unneeded. So where is the line drawn? Does the continual marking of spots perpetuate the problem? Or does the problem lie within an unconscious or perhaps blatant disregard for the work and property of others? Call me old-fashioned, call me an ass, but the way I see it, if you put in the work, you and only you should reap the fruits of your own labor and park in that spot. That’s not to say that we shouldn’t help others like the elderly couple that lives next door, or not allow others to borrow our spots during the

day while we are out, but we should begin to rebuild a mutual respect for the property and toil of our neighbors who worked tirelessly. These “Parking Wars” need to exist, especially considering the state of many of our roads. Perhaps the war is only perpetuated by the lack of snow removal on our side streets or maybe state officials need to facilitate more spending on these processes. Despite that, these “Parking Wars” have become a tradition in Boston—it’s also scenic to see a crammed cobblestone South Boston street lined with lawn chairs. It’s a (literal) cold world out there: don’t be that self-absorbed jerk that takes spots from others. Viva la revolucion. In the words of my neighbor, “don’t be a d—k.”

Kayla Famolare is an editor for The Heights. She can be reached at metro@bcheights.com

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On Tuesday night, 2000 Commonwealth Ave.—a Boston College-owned apartment building that houses many students—was evacuated. According to Chief of BCPD John King, a pipe broke on the 10th floor, likely due to freezing, and water began to cascade down the building to the basement level. Due to the extreme weather conditions, city officials and the University have been under immense strain and the extent of the flooding was an unexpected emergency. The situation Tuesday night, however, could have been better handled, especially with regard to the communication with BC undergraduate students living in the building. It is fairly expected that there would be some leaking in a building as large as 2000 Commonwealth Ave.— the cold temperatures and sheer height means it was almost inevitable. Off-campus students have received numerous emails about preventative measures to protective themselves and their homes from the cold, such as keeping temperatures warm and dripping the faucets. These emails have been a welcome and needed measure by the Off-Campus Housing division of the Office of Residential Life. But, with the concern of leaks very clearly in the forefront of the University’s mind, there should have been an emergency action plan in place for 2000 Commonwealth Ave. The building is not only one of the most popular BC off-campus housing locations, but also BC-owned, though it is privately managed. The simple reality is, if there is an emergency, as there was Wednesday, many BC undergraduates would be displaced. In the chaos of the evacuation,

students were shuttled to Robsham Theater or told to stay with friends. This led to multiple students wandering around the Brighton neighborhood looking for a place to sleep. Even though some were directed to find hotels, it was not clearly communicated at first that they would be reimbursed. The actual leak could not have been prevented and, although very unfortunate, the situation itself is not the problem. The disconnect comes in the communication with the students. In the last few weeks, there have been many trying situations—weather related and otherwise—illustrating the power of communication in easing confusion. The limited parking at the BC vs. Miami men’s basketball game on Monday afternoon led to traffic and frustration among fans, BC employees, and students alike. An email simply alerting those who would be affected could have eased frustration. On the other hand, during the much more serious situation with the bomb threat last Thursday night, the BC community was kept well-informed via text messages and emails. The small acts of communication kept the campus feeling as safe and calm as possible in such a difficult situation. Even though these incidents are not comparable in scope or importance, the takeaway comes in the University’s response. While the situations cannot be controlled, getting information out to students can manage the response. A pre-planned response and clear and consistent communication with students could have eased much of the confusion and stress caused by the flooding in 2000 Commonwealth Ave. Tuesday night.

Poor accessibility brought center stage An article on the front page of Wednesday’s Boston Globe highlighted the issue of accessibility on the Boston College campus—specifically, the fact that BC will be subject to a federal and state inquiry into whether the institution violated laws regarding accessibility. Accessibility has been a problem that has continued to plague the University in recent years, sparking a number of student advocacy groups and events to address the rights of students with physical disabilities. Before the start of the fall 2014 semester, several changes were implemented to address some problematic areas that proved particularly difficult for disabled students to navigate, such as the second floor of O’Neill Library around the atrium. Additional signage was put in place to more clearly denote disability-accessible routes, and a page was also added to the University’s website that compiled resources for individual’s disabilities. Despite these somewhat tangible improvements, as well as the formation of the new Council for Students with Disabilities within the Undergraduate Government of Boston College’s division of diversity and inclusion, more physical changes can be made to the BC campus to assist students with disabilities. It is worth acknowledging the limitations that the University faces in significantly changing portions of campus—namely, that the campus

is built into the side of a relatively steep hill. Furthermore, the integrity of several historical buildings, such as Bapst Library and its lobby comprised of several staircases, cannot, and should not, be dramatically compromised. It is reasonable that some specific areas of campus cannot be altered. In general, however, BC seemingly has the financial ability to invest in more substantial improvements to make campus more accessible, especially in order to address the formal complaint that students filed with the Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights in May 2013. The issues that surround the accessibility of the BC campus should not be news to anyone at the University, as they have been well documented and reported on for, at the very least, the last year. Those who believe that the problem of accessibility is just being brought to light now because of an official inquiry have likely just not been paying attention. With The Globe report given prominent placement on the publication’s front page, the issue of accessibility at BC is being given plenty of publicity, which hopefully will push the University to take more aggressive action. It is commendable that the issue is receiving the attention it deserves, and this will hopefully contribute positively to the ongoing conversation between students, faculty, and administrators regarding accessibility.

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“Oh my God, what if you wake up some day, and you’re 65, or 75, and you never got your memoir or novel written; or you didn’t go swimming in warm pools and oceans all those years because your thighs were jiggly and you had a nice big comfortable tummy; or you were just so strung out on perfectionism and people-pleasing that you forgot to have a big juicy creative life, of imagination and radical silliness and staring off into space like when you were a kid? It’s going to break your heart. Don’t let this happen.” -Anne Lamott (1954 - ), novelist

LETTER TO THE EDITOR A Response to “On Choosing Homosexuality” The recent tragedies of Mike Brown and Eric Garner shed light on an increasingly prevalent social divide present in American society: the inability of those in the majority to fully comprehend and understand the struggles and hardships of those in a particular minority. As a white male, I cannot speak about the experiences of my black peers at Boston College; I do not understand their struggles, nor should I pretend to. However, an experience for which I do fall into the minority is that of a gay male, and as such I feel compelled to comment on several issues and topics mentioned in the Feb. 15th piece, “On Choosing Homosexuality,” written from the perspective of a straight male who will “never truly understand” the homosexual experience. The column is centers on recent comments made by GOP hopeful Mike Huckabee, the former pastor turned governor of Arkansas. In a recent interview with Time, Mr. Huckabee equated being homosexual with partaking in gambling and swearing, remarking: People can be my friends who have lifestyles that are not necessarily my lifestyle. I don’t shut people out of my circle or out of my life because they have a different point of view […] I don’t drink alcohol, but gosh, a lot of my friends, maybe most of them, do. You know, I don’t use profanity, but believe me, I’ve got a lot of friends who do. The author of “On Choosing Homosexuality,” however, vastly misinterpreted what Mr. Huckabee was implying; he was not saying that choosing to embrace one’s homosexuality is a choice, but that being homosexual itself is a choice. The author states that he knows “the science, I know how genes work, and you probably know a bit of it too. But that doesn’t really change anything. It’s one thing to be sexually attracted to the same sex, but it’s another to be a homosexual individual,” a point with which I could not disagree more. Though the issue of what makes an individual gay or straight is not my primary concern in writing this letter, I feel it is important to note that the current scientific understanding of homosexuality is extremely inconclusive. Therefore, I cannot grasp how you know the science and the way in which genes work differently in those who are gay as compared to individuals who are straight. However, my primary motivation for writing this letter is my concern for your suggestion that one can separate being gay from being sexually attracted to an individual of the same sex, for they are one and the same. Though many individuals suppress their sexuality and true feelings, they are not any more or any less gay than someone such as myself who has come out and fully embraced their sexuality. Your argument is akin to saying that a tree falling in the quad makes a sound only if I actively choose to

recognize the noise produced; sexuality is not equitable to selective hearing. So to answer your question, yes, a woman who lives her life hiding her homosexuality is a homosexual. Furthermore, by your interpretation, I chose to be homosexual by choosing to be open and authentic about my sexuality. Let me make this as clear as possible: I did not choose to be gay; I chose to live my life on my terms rather than be controlled by fear and homophobic bigotry. Though you have reflected on the issue of homosexuality in modern society, no matter how much you “really think” about it, you can never truly understand the experience. Your article highlighted several important issues that we as a society must address, and for that I commend you; however, your overall argument falls far short from hitting the mark. There remains an enormous amount of work to be done until we as a society can overcome the heteronormative narrative that defines our culture. Every time someone claims that, “gays choose to be gay,” they are not making the perceived choice more of a reality, but rather the misconceptions regarding homosexuality. Similar to the way in which I can never understand the connotation carried by the n-word, even if my intentions were good, you cannot understand the implications of saying that homosexuality is a choice. You are not gay; you are not allowed to make such an assertion. My hope is that in reading this letter you will realize the immense privilege you possess; you never have to face coming out and the fear and uncertainty that accompany such a decision. Nonetheless, a topic on which you are very qualified to speak, and one I would have liked to have seen more addressed by your article, is the way in which homosexuality is perceived and treated at BC, in the United States, and throughout the world. Heterosexual individuals are so easily allowed to identify as straight because they do not face societal constraints condemning that label. Conversely, homosexuals are biologically born gay, the same as you were born straight, but are forced into hiding by ignorant members of society who perpetuate misconceptions about an experience to which they cannot relate. I have always been gay, much the same as you have always been straight; it is who I am, not just something I choose to be. Being homosexual does imply an acceptance to the self, as you note, but it goes so much further than that in ways you will never understand.

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Thursday, February 19, 2015

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Zach Russell

Spring Break OH So Close - Even with the absurd number of snow days that we’ve had, there somehow still hasn’t been an opportunity to catch up on much sleep. Spring Break is the perfect time to knock down three days in a row of straight sleep, and that’s exactly what we plan on doing. For our comrades that are going somewhere warmer, we’re not entirely jealous—our warm bed is the only thing we need right now. Just Taking a Break - But since Spring Break is far enough away that you can’t really start thinking about it because there’s just too much stuff to do, taking an hour on a day to sit down and do something absolutely mindless is the best alternative option that we have. Even if that alternative is staring at a wall. Sneaking in a nap is ideal. We all have time in our day, we just have to pay attention to where it is and how we can take advantage of it. Teachers Who Love What They Teach - You can see it in their eyes and the way they move about the room. Nothing can slow them down, and the material they are talking about is sparked with passion that comes from somewhere deep. If you think back on the best teachers that you’ve had in your life, they were always the one that loved the material that they assigned. You were able to picture the exact kind of teacher I was just talking about, weren’t you? Have you been to that teacher’s office hours recently? If not, go. Those are the connections you need to foster, even if the last time you saw them was the at end of your first semester freshman year.

Hipster-bashing is in. Everybody’s doing it. With the same frequency that cavalier children in 2006 called each other “retarded,” we throw around the word hipster. Obviously, hipster is not as grossly insensitive. You can certainly choose to be hipster if you’re so inclined … All right. We’re off to a good start. I’m not here to defend these people of woven beards, with their couscous, vinyl, and hats made of flannel. If, however, we divorce them from their caricatures, hipsters represent the very human desire to be different, to possess a sense of individuality. Certainly one’s privilege, upbringing, and social surroundings dictate a piece of his or her composition, but now more than ever is culture widely, and often freely, available for intake. Since Gutenberg revolutionized writing by substituting print for panini, art, music, and literature have become increasingly egalitarian. In terms of music, we have Spotify, YouTube, and all sorts of illegal methods that get us what we want at the exact moment we want it. The Internet is your parent, and when you ask for a pony, it gives you a unicorn. Everything in your wildest, childish dreams is yours. In the face of such endless entertainment, it seems rather wasteful that we have relegated our selection to 100 Commandments, the fluctuating pile of hurricane-refuse that Billboard carries down from the Mount every week. Pin me to a cross and call me “I Am” (no one ever uses “I Am” anymore, which is why it makes me cool), but we are wasting this privilege of infinity by conforming to a set of strictures that would make even the Pharisees go, “Oy, is this superficial.” Pop. It’s initially a very satisfying sound. Pinch a piece of bubble-wrap:

SLeeping through Alarms- Speaking of getting up in the morning, the only thing that can make sleeping through an alarm worse is having a nightmare about sleeping through an alarm while sleeping through an alarm. Your head shoots up, and even though there is no way of knowing, you just know. You lunge for your phone and see that you have exactly 14 minutes to make it to your class. The day then becomes a wild goose chase until you put your head back down on the pillow late at night.

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What’s surprising is that the people who would have you defenestrated for innocently playing with packaging are the very same people who “throw down” to the same lineup of songs weekend after weekend. yell at this piece of inanimate writing. This is where I feel I should state that I do not want to abolish pop music nor the Billboard from whence it came. I’m in no rush to draft up the Emancipation Poplimation; The Magna Can-We-PlayBon-Iver-Deep-Tracks; The Declaration of Indie Penchants. That’s it. That’s all I have. In truth, pop music is a necessary evil, immensely important to maintaining a sense of community within a generation of people who feel quite detached from one another. Let’s, for a moment, assume that you have not cocooned yourself in nest of obscure bands, and that you actually participate in the cultural zeitgeist enough to know

that “Uptown Funk” is a song and not a genre. When we go to parties, especially for the more introverted and less forward among us, pop music offers a collective social consciousness in which everyone can participate, a pool of equal opportunity. The water may be tepid, but at least we all know how to swim. Listening to and learning pop music is easy and offers immediate reward. In a room of foreign faces, being able to shout at a stranger, “I don’t f—k with you!!!” is very satisfying, and it binds people together in a community, albeit a mostly superficial one. In fact, I’m not convinced anyone actually likes these songs. Rather, it’s the fact that we know these songs that inspires excitement. When “Gas Pedal” comes on, minds are lost, and yelling erupts, but after the first verse and chorus, no one knows the words, nor do they care to inquire into the lyricism of Sage the Gemini. The beat becomes trite, and the crowd, restless. That is really all parties have become, waiting for the next song to start—a summation of the beginning of 25 anthems, and each respective three remaining minutes of milling around. Skips are welcomed. But this is how it has to be, the greatest good for the most people, the pulse of the party that spikes and flatlines according to the crossing of a threshold. Parties are no time for music discovery. Flourishes of Dream Theater or the sweeping melodrama of Death Cab for Cutie would usher in clouds over a parade that has for years been baking in the sun. A cooling rain, if considered, would perhaps come as welcomed and deeply appreciated, but the procession has for too long been in march-step to consider an aberration anything other than a bummer. So let us don the Red, eat our equally proportioned biscuits, and raise the hammer and sickle: 20Somethings Of the World, Unite!

Zach Russell is a staff columnist for The Heights. He can be reached at opinions@ bcheights.com.

Prejudice at the American university

Eleanor Hildebrandt

Arctic Temperatures- If you stay outside for 20 minutes, you really do feel like you’re close to getting frostbite. Snow is great, but the cold is just too much. It was hard enough to get up in the morning, but now we have to fight extra hard against the notion that we won’t freeze on our walk to the shower.

pop. That was fun. Another three and a half minutes of UPS-amusement go by, and your roommates are ready to throw you out of a closed window. What’s surprising is that the people who would have you defenestrated for innocently playing with packaging are the very same people who “throw down” to the same lineup of songs weekend after weekend. The setlist is loyally consistent: some iteration of T-Swift, a deified instantiation of the Form of Beyonce, the nearly obsolete “Turn Down For What” to liven things up in the middle, and either “I Want It That Way” or “Mr. Brightside” as the token throwback jam. What a time to be alive. “Just enjoy the music, you pompous non-self-identifying h—ster,” one might

As snow gradually blocked any light from entering my first-floor window this past week, and icicles hung perfectly poised to impale anyone just a little too slow swiping into the dorm, I found my mind drifting to warmer climes. Specifically, to Iran, whose aspiring scientists and engineers were subject to a short-lived—and baffling—ban from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. The Boston Globe reported on Friday that the UMass administration had stopped admitting Iranian nationals into certain graduate programs, from chemical, electrical, and mechanical engineering, to physics, chemistry, and microbiology. According to a UMass spokesman, as quoted in a MassLive.com article, the policy was merely written acknowledgment that the school abides by a 2012 federal law declaring Iranian nationals ineligible for U.S. visas if they seek careers related to nuclear power or in Iran’s energy sector. Another administrator explained that when an admitted student is denied entrance to the U.S., it could cause delays and hurt funding. The logic, then, was that barring Iranians from applying to any loosely related fields at the outset would prevent future strife. But as far as preemptive strikes go, UMass’ move was more like a … well, an intercontinental ballistic missile. The parameters were far broader than the original law’s, making a greater number of programs verboten, and threatening to affect students who wanted nothing to do with nuclear energy. Like Amir Azadi, interviewed by The Globe—a doctoral student in theoretical physics “who studies the formation of crystalline structures, such as snowflakes.” Oh, right, those terrifying, nuclear … snowflakes. Unless Azadi masterminded the recent spate of snowstorms (give us back regular T service!), it’s hard to see his studies as a potential menace. Fortunately for everyone (except, perhaps, for columnists working themselves

into fits of righteous indignation), UMass had a change of heart yesterday. After irate objections from UMass’s Iranian Graduate Students Association, the National Iranian American Council, and others, the school announced that it would lift the ban and work instead to “create individual study plans for affected students,” according to The Globe. That’s great—but there’s no acknowledgment from the school that it was trying to exclude people based on generalizations, and there’s no acknowledgment that it was wrong. Here’s the thing: universities with these policies only ever lose. Pick any marginalized group, any nationality, and you have within that cluster an untold number of people whose presence is enriching. (Enriching the collegiate experience, that is. Not uranium.) Sitting in a packed Gasson 100 last Wednesday, listening to the graphic novelist Alison Bechdel speak about her work, I had a similar thought about acceptance in academia. Bechdel is not the first or, arguably, the most notable GLBTQ luminary to visit Boston College this semester; actor and activist George Takei addressed a large crowd in Robsham Theater in January. Students in the Asian Caucus hosted Takei, though while Bechdel was invited through the Lowell Humanities Series, one of BC’s most-touted lecture programs. Granted, Bechdel’s gently humorous talk focused more on the process of cartooning than on GLBTQ activism. But given that sexuality is prominent in her work—for 25 years, she published a comic called Dykes to Watch Out For; it’s hard to get less subtle—it’s fair to assume that the Lowell people knew what was in store. (I also have to say that, courtesy of Bechdel’s supplemental artwork, this was the only BC talk I’ve ever attended that included a projected sketch of a strap-on dildo. Kudos!) So I don’t doubt that Bechdel’s work, and indeed her presence, was offensive to some. A subset likely sees her as harmful to Jesuit, Catholic values, and the notion of inviting her may well have led to some unpleasant conversations behind closed doors. Yet there she was, giving a succinct, delightful presentation to an appreciative audience. Okay, the comparison’s hardly perfect.

The U.S. government and the Catholic Church are (need it even be said?) very different sources of authority. Iranian grad students and GLBTQ activists generally are fairly disparate interest groups. And most who decry homosexuality these days have ditched the apocalyptic talk, whereas there’s real concern about Iran’s nuclear capability and its world-ending potential. But assuming that all Iranian engineers are out to build nukes, an interpretation UMass seemed to be allowing for, is as nonsensical as assuming that all members of the GLBTQ community want to destroy the sanctity of the Church. Maybe a few do—anything’s possible—but a blanket ban is overkill, and violates the very purpose of a university: to bring dissimilar people together in the pursuit of knowledge. UMass’ statements throughout this drama have been limply apologetic. It’s abdicated responsibility, protesting that the original policy went against the school’s values and painting its reversal as a surprising victory. (“Yes, Your Honor, we were institutionalizing prejudice, but we didn’t really want to….”) This move, blaming an outside authority for a school’s distasteful acts, is a cop-out. Like, oh, I don’t know, when BC cited conflicts with Church teachings as a reason to cancel a GLC-sponsored dance in 2005. So to round off the lopsided analogy, our university wasn’t always welcoming to people like Bechdel. In some ways—despite recent strides like the GLC-driven Support Love campaign—it’s still not. That’s an issue unto itself. But by and large, BC’s doing the right thing and trending toward tolerance. This month, UMass tried to sidle in the other direction. The arc of the moral universe (aided by a healthy dose of public shaming) bent toward justice pretty quickly this time. Was it all a big misunderstanding? Maybe—but it looked an awful lot like a school taking shortcuts by sacrificing an individual’s right to be judged on his or her own merits. And if institutes of higher education stop honoring that right, we may as well remain a barren, snowy wasteland forever.

Eleanor Hildebrandt is a former editor-in-chief of The Heights. She can be reached at opinions@bcheights.com.

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Learning the language

Solina Jean-Louis It is well documented that the United States does not push second language education as much as countries in Europe. In 2010, U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan reported that only 18 percent of Americans claim to speak anything other than English, while 53 percent of Europeans report speaking a language other than that of their home territory. Why have Americans seemed to shove foreign language acquisition under the rug? The research clearly shows that foreign language learning provides numerous academic, cognitive, and social benefits. According to the National Council of State Supervisors for Languages (NCSSFL), learning a foreign language not only benefits higher, creative, and abstract thinking, but it also benefits understanding and security in community and society, which in turn teaches children about other cultures and helps them to understand that there are people in the world who are completely different from them. In the completely globalized and connected world we live in, it is imperative to foster in our children a sense of love, understanding, and acceptance of cultures other than their own. So much unnecessary hate in this world stems from a fundamental misunderstanding of another culture’s religion, traditions, and lifestyle. But how do we do this? How do we instill a sense of understanding and curiosity about different cultures in our children? The answer is simple: foreign language learning. Take, for example, a kindergarten class, and consider what happens if you begin teaching the students Arabic. These 5- or 6-year-olds most likely had little previous knowledge of Arabic or the countries in which it is spoken. Though these students may have had previous experience with prejudice and hate towards other cultures, their minds are still malleable. They can still be taught to love and respect one another. Along with learning the language, the children, throughout the years, are also taught about the culture of the Middle East, which they previously had no clue about. They are taught about the food that is commonly eaten, the religions that are practiced, and the social issues of the area—the list could go on forever. Through their language learning, they learn all of these other things. As the students get older and enter high school, perhaps they would have an opportunity to host a foreign exchange student and/or be a foreign exchange student in the Middle East. By hosting a student, they would make a friend from a culture that is often times misunderstood by Americans. They would realize, for example, “Wow, this kid is just like me. He likes to play video games, hang out with his friends, and really cares about his family.” By being a foreign exchange student, they would experience the culture first hand, which is something that Americans rarely do. They judge without experience. With this experience, the student may realize, “This country has so much rich culture and people who truly love one another,” or, on the contrary, they may have a negative experience. But, to the student who has spent years and years learning about this country’s language and culture, they will not be shied away by this negative experience. Since they have developed such a love for this culture and language, they will strive to make positive change within the country. We struggle so much these days with hate in the world, and answers have not been found as to how to foster love in our society. Foreign language learning is not the only solution—it will not cure the entire world. Every single country in the world has its stereotypes, but teaching our children to break down these stereotypes and subsequently the walls that we have built up between cultures will only do good for the world we live in. Whether we teach our children Arabic, Spanish, Vietnamese, or French, if we do it wholeheartedly and begin young, we can make a difference in the way they view the world. Hate is not an inherent trait in human beings. Hate sprouts not only from a lack of understanding, but also a lack of wanting to understand. If we teach our children that message through foreign language and culture, imagine all the love that would grow.

Solina Jean-Louis is a staff columnist for The Heights. She can be reached at opinions@bcheights.com.

The Heights

Thursday, February 19, 2015

arthur bailin / heights editor

photo courtesy of ippolito snow services

With historic winter, Boston plowers ramp up efforts More than 90 inches of snow have opened new opportunities for plowing companies helping Boston weather the storms By Juan Olavarria Heights Editor In the wake of the recent snow storms that have dumped approximately eight feet of snow on Boston, more than 600 snowplows are currently at work trying to clear the city’s roads and walkways. Frankie Ippollito is the owner of Ippollito Snow Services, a snow removal company, now working around the clock in an attempt to restore some normalcy to the lives of those affected by these nor’easters. “From an operations standpoint, this season has produced a lot of work— exciting but daunting work,” Ippollito said. Ippollito said a typical winter in the city endures about a storm or so a month, spreading out its impact and allowing enough time to respond thoroughly to each. This season’s historic snowfall, however, has been something that Ippollito

has never seen before. “We’ve gotten what we would see in a whole winter in the space of three to four weeks,” Ippollito said. Mayor Martin J. Walsh, WCAS ’09, described the economic impact to both small and large businesses of this season as “big,” noting the travel bans and regular MBTA closures as contributing factors. Ippollito Snow Services’ slogan says, however, “Inches matter”—The increased snowfall has generated an increased revenue stream. “It [snow] has allowed us to accelerate our growth plan,” Ippollito said. “What would have taken us maybe two or three years to save up enough to invest into new machinery and equipment, we have already gotten from these three or four weeks alone. The guys have more equipment, better equipment to get the job done quickly … it would not have been possible without these storms.” These benefits do not come without chal-

lenges. Ippollito’s company, as well as others in the industry, have endured long workdays without much time for recovery due to the continuous snowfall. Companies have had to put more “boots on the ground” to cover demand for their services—to the point that there are not enough qualified professionals, Ippollito said. His company has been forced to hire a number of workers from out of state. Boston College has also felt the wrath of the recent snow storms. For staff, those deemed essential personnel have made some of the biggest sacrifices to ensure the stability of campus. Certain dining service crews and cleanup personnel, including those in charge of snow removal, needed to remain on campus during the storms and many slept on inflatable mattresses inside of the dining halls. “During every winter, the grounds services are in charge of the snow removal on campus in combination with five different contractors that we work with,” said Gina Bellavia, the associate director of Facilities Services. “One

each for the Brighton and Newton Campuses, and three on the Main Campus. By assigning each crew, the campus can be cleaned more efficiently and more quickly. This year has been particularly challenging because since we are an urban campus, we haul or melt snow.” The sheer amount of snow is noticeable at first glance, as mounds of snow adorn the campus due to the timing of the storms. “We simply do not have time to take it away … there is nowhere else to put it,” Bellavia said. The close proximity of the storms has forced the Facilities Services office to significantly exceed their predetermined budget, Bellavia said. On an average year, the standard budget draw will usually not cover the entire winter. If the department exceeds its budget, it looks toward for funds in the University’s reserve accounts. “For everybody it has been a challenging and unique year. We just ask for people’s understanding … patience is the thing we need most.” n

Snow dazed: considering the consequences of winter closings

Bennet Johnson At least for the moment, the Boston College campus erupted in a cheer louder than a sieve chant at a BC-BU hockey game. On the evening of Tuesday, Jan. 27, all 12 of us were huddled together in a Walsh eight-man—patiently awaiting an announcement of a second snow day—when suddenly we received the text message from BC’s notification system that school would be cancelled the following day. From Walsh to Stayer and across the Mods, hundreds of students opened their bedroom windows and shouted cries of joy that reverberated across Lower Campus. Dozens ran through the Mods, leaping into snow banks and screaming that there

would be no classes for a second day in a row. BC was a community—one full of excitement that class would be cancelled once again. Much more recently, however, there was a strikingly different reaction to the news of a possible snow day. On Feb. 9, the University announced that it would open after a brief delay the following day—even after Harvard, MIT, BU, and Northeastern had already cancelled classes. A social media uproar ensued. A heated “Letter to the Editor” to The Heights went viral. Many students took to Facebook and Twitter to voice malicious comments at the University’s decision. What was surprising about the situation was the fact that so many students expected school to be cancelled, and when it was not, they were furious—furious at the University’s decision to keep BC open. As a Minnesotan, I basically live with snow nine months out of the year. Sightings of the pesky white beast have been reported as late as June, and as early as August where I’m from. The snow and

I have a type of relationship that many of the Floridians and Californians at BC simply can’t understand. In many ways, snow has become like a crazy ex-girlfriend to me. It’s something I know all too well, but just never seems to go away. It’s always there. But what I’ve seen this semester in Boston takes crazy to a whole new level. The unprecedented snowfall has in many ways resembled the historic blizzard of ’78—shutting down the MBTA, cancelling schools, and preventing people from going to work. We have become so accustomed to the effects of Juno, Linus, and Marcus, that the threat of an additional snowstorm prompts us to expect school to be cancelled on a consistent basis. The situation has escalated to the point where a New York Jesuit priest posted a message to Facebook on Monday, declaring “enough with the snow already.” Ironically enough, Governor Baker’s first opponent in his new term has been the snow. Baker has been forced call in the National Guard to help with snow removal, and excess snow is now piling up so quickly

that the city is dumping it in the Boston Harbor. At what point will it stop? At first, the snow days seemed like a welcome break for us all. Now, the idea is just ridiculous. BC has been closed for four days in January and February alone. BU, Northeastern, Tufts, Harvard, and MIT have all similarly closed their doors, prompting an unprecedented number of cancellations across Boston. Boston Public School (BPS) students have already missed a total of eight days of school this year. Schools are now scrambling to figure out how the hell they can make up missed class time. BPS requires students to be in class for 180 days each school year, and educators aren’t budging. Now, Baker has floated the idea of eliminating part of the system’s April vacation, as well as extending classes until the end of June. BC is in a slightly different situation. Currently, it is not clear whether the University will tack on additional days to the academic calendar or take away scheduled holidays but it is a very real possibility. BU announced that it will hold classes on two

Saturdays over the next six weeks to make up for lost class time. Northeastern boldly plans to hold class on Marathon Monday. It’s blatantly clear that we are all tired of the snow. It has gotten to the point where any additional snow—or another day off—is just absurd. But if BC is forced to shut down for any additional winter storms in the coming weeks, we may be the next school to take away a coveted holiday or tradition. I shudder to think of what would happen if BC decided to hold classes on Marathon Monday. A campus-wide riot? Father Leahy being chased across campus by a group of angry protesters? Regardless, it’s time for Boston to break up with snow for the rest of winter. We know it will always be lurking in the background, ready to jump on the city at any moment. But this time it has gone too far—and now we need to get back to class.

Bennet Johnson is the Metro Editor for The Heights. He can be reached at metro@bcheights.com.

Plex, 2000 Commonwealth Ave. suffer leaks, water damage Water Damage, from A1 and common areas. A fire alarm sounded around 1:30 a.m., according to Abigail Tatter, A&S ’16. At this point, she said, water was pouring down the elevator shafts and rooms in certain parts of the building were filled with four inches of standing water. Outside of the building, police, firemen, and employees of the building were telling students that they could not go back inside, and that they should stay with friends, if they could. A security guard was taking students to Robsham Theater in his car, according to Tatter. “There was a lot of chaos,” she said. “They weren’t letting people up and yet people were running up and down the stairs ... getting things.” Wednesday morning, Tatter, who slept in a friend of a friend’s house after spending time walking around the neighborhood, returned around 9 a.m. to grab

her things before class. She was allowed upstairs, but had to be escorted because of stability concerns, she said. Ryan King, CSOM ’16, lives on the seventh floor of the building. The floor of his room was wet, he said, but not nearly as bad the eighth and ninth floors. After the fire alarm, he said residents gathered in the lobby, where water was pouring out of the water fixtures. He received an email today saying that he would be able to move back into his room on Thursday, but other rooms have not received a definite time that they will be able to move back in. King went to three houses of his friends that were locked before finding a place to sleep in a house on Gerald St. “From what I gather, a lot of people in 2000 didn’t have anywhere to go,” he said. “It was mayhem, they definitely weren’t prepared for it. They were doing the best they could in the situation, they acted really quickly—I don’t think theres any

protocol for mass flooding like that.” The level of damage varied across the building. Some rooms will not be able to be reinhabited for an unknown amount of time, but the Office of Residential Life is currently working on a plan to rehouse as many students as possible back in the building, King said. An email from the apartment’s management sent to residents just before 11 a.m. Wednesday morning asked that those who choose to stay in a hotel keep their receipts for reimbursement. “The cause is yet to be determined, other than the fact that we have a sprinkler pipe that broke,” he said. In addition to the incident in 2000 Commonwealth Ave., a pipe failure in the Flynn Recreation Complex Wednesday morning resulted in the closure of the building for the remainder of the day. The heating system in the Plex failed early Wednesday morning. Upon opening, it was determined that the tem-

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Snow and ice have mounted in every corner of campus, including the Flynn Complex roof. peratures were not too low, and that the building could be opened. Later, a pipe failed in the women’s locker room, so they opted to close that area. A fire alarm related to the cold then sounded, so the decision was made to close to the Plex all of Wednesday, Director of Campus

Recreation Caitriona Taylor said. Campus Recreation is now working with facilities to be open Thursday, though they will have limited heat. “In order to fix these issues and to ensure the safety of our members, we closed for the day,” Taylor said. n

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PERIOD SHOW EXPLORES THE HAVE AND HAVE NOTS IN BONN, PAGE B2

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‘If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late’

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Thursday, February 19, 2015

All alone at the movies

Ryan Dowd I spent my Friday night at the movies— part of it, anyway. I’ve always felt comfortable in movie theaters, so comfortable in fact that for most of my stay I didn’t even feel the urge to scroll through my Twitter timeline (a habit which inevitably ends in me rereading my own tweets). I was alone. Usually Twitter tames this sensation, but at the movies, there are posters and all sorts of things to pry the eyes from the seductive screen lying in wait in my right pocket. It’s not so bad.There are people—on dates of friendship and maybe even courtship. I was surrounded by people who, like me, were making a cold night of it at the movies. You can be more attune to a crowd if you’re alone (which really means that you people-watch more alone than you do with someone else) because you’re trying to act normal in front of the person watching you. It wasn’t the first Friday night I’ve spent at the movies. Growing up, one of my friends lived (and still lives, actually) a suburban block away from the movies. That theater had an arcade and massive chandelier that seemed out of place with its “summer camp” vibe. I once applied for a job there and never heard back. We used to get caught loitering in the Des Peres parking lot well after the last showing of whatever dumb movie we’d decided to throw 10 dollars at—you know, illustrious hits like Prom Night, Horrible Bosses, GI Joe: Rise of Cobra. A lot of the time there just wasn’t much else to do, or we didn’t know of anything else. On Friday, Regal Cinema in Fenway was packed. It wasn’t the crowd I expected. There were people who looked like me—tired people. There are packs of high schoolers who surely looked a lot like we would have looked back in the day minus some homespun Midwest charm. I was set to see and review Kingsman: The Secret Service, both tasks now since completed. But something has lingered with me through the past few days, haunting my thoughts. It wasn’t the first night I’d spent alone at the movies in college. I stood in line for tickets as a gaggle of girls spoke in hush tones in anticipation of Fifty Shades of Grey. I sat in the theater as Matthew Vaughn’s Kingsman vaulted from scene to scene without a care or pulse. People (mostly male) really seemed to enjoy themselves. They laughed hysterically at Samuel L. Jackson’s lisp and “ohh-ed” and “ahhh-ed” as Colin Firth twisted his way in slow motion brutally killing an entire congregation. Down the hall there were a neighborhood of Fifty Shades of Grey showings—a supposed spicy sexual thriller that received a PG-12 rating in France. There’s probably significant cultural differences between a 12-year-old living in Paris and one in Albuquerque, but the honest truth is that Fifty Shades is a sentimental romance tale, not a complex H&M thriller. To sum some of this up, both violence and sex were portrayed without the care and attention movie makers usually give these righteous pillars. The two things we could count on let us down. This isn’t a death cry of American culture. It’s still just February, after all. No grand declarations should be made in February, even and especially at the impending Oscars. This isn’t so much a death sign as a warning. A bad movie isn’t a bad thing if we can turn to our left and right and say, “Wow, that was shit.” Back to old Des Peres, the land of Red Robin and The Great Herd of Deer, I’d wager 88 percent of the movies I’ve seen there were bad movies—not offendingly, just lost. A good movie is a rare thing. Most of the time, in my dear innocent youth, I couldn’t tell the difference between GI Joe and Up in the Air. I think I’m a little better now. I think there’s a difference between a movie like Guardians of the Galaxy that takes its fun seriously with real craft and a beating heart, and movies like Fifty Shades of Grey or Kingsman that leave me looking for more.That’s why I go to the movies: to not feel so alone.

Ryan Dowd is the Arts & Review Editor for The Heights. He can be reached at arts@bcheights.com.

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Cara Harrington directs the adaptation of Naomi Wallace’s play. ‘One Flea Spare’ does away with social hierarchial bounds, entrapping the rich and the poor indiscriminantly.

The plague hits Bonn Studio with ‘One Flea Spare’ Chris Fuller

Assoc. Arts & Review Editor What does one do with a well-to-do couple when a plague ravishes the city and all of its infected servants consequently perished? Quarantine them in their home for a month, of course. How about when a rowdy sailor and a family friend’s sickly looking daughter sneak into the building? Make it another month’s quarantine, and have all of the poor wretches cooped up together, rich and poor alike. One Flea Spare, written by Naomi Wallace, tells the plight of Darcy and William Snelgrave, a wealthy couple (William works for the Navy Board) who have been boarded up in their home because of a plague’s infectious spread through the household. Bunce is a “lowly” and, in the Snelgrave’s minds, roguish sailor. Morse is the feeblelooking, supposed daughter of a recently deceased associate of the Snelgraves. Together, they sneak into their home in search of shelter and food. After the blundering guardsman Kabe catches the pair, they buy the Snelgraves and themselves a whole month’s seclusion inside the crumbling, prestigious household. In this month of forced solidarity, literal and social identities are confronted and contorted. The Snelgraves are torn from their egotistical throne and left to face the reality of the common man’s condition. The Snelgrave’s manor in London is the only setting featured in the entirety of the show, and the Snelgrave’s living room is the only room that these captives are

seen in. All the windows in the room have been completely boarded up, except for one, which Kabe uses to keep an eye on the detainees and supply them with food and other goods, according to his own whim. The home itself is devoid of luxury and furnishings, except for a moderately regal chair and another, more plain chair. With a cracked, wooden floor scattered with scrapes and stains, the Snelgrave residence serves as an appropriate harbinger of the couple’s circumstances. Both of the Snelgrave’s are covered head to toe in gaudy, illustrious gowns and suits, shoes laced and polished with bows and ornament, and hair done up despite their decrepit and secluded state. Their wardrobe serves as both a physical embodiment of their distinguished quality and as a symbolic instrumentation of the power struggle between the rich and the poor. Morse, Bunce, and Kabe’s raggedlyassembled cloths and garments highlight the helplessness of their situation and complement the flashy provisions of the upper echelon quite well. Nicholas Gennaro, CSOM ’16, and Sarah Whalen, A&S ’18, play the noble William and Darcy Snelgrave, respectively, and capture the proud, delirious nature of these two characters wonderfully. Gennaro especially knows how a noble lord handles his physique as well as how one should speak to his subordinate. His tone would shift between sounding rather accommodating to either Bunce or Morse in one scene and then diminishing towards them in the next, and at times, there did not seem

to be much justification in character or plot development for the tonal difference. Whalen’s posture beautifully befitted that of a renowned lady, and she handled the conflicting desires her character experiences with an appropriately hysterical aura. The less fortunate Bunce, played by Sean O’Rourke, LSOE ’17, and Morse, played by Maggie Sheerin, A&S ’17, exceptionally portray the scavengers and true survivors of the terrible epidemic. Bunce does a considerable amount of storytelling and O’Rourke terrifically delivers Bunce’s history with a proper reservation and authority. Sheerin steals almost every scene she is featured in, perfectly capturing Morse’s eerie demeanor. Audiences will be lucky if they walk away from the performance without nightmares of Morse, creepily soft-spoken and haunting as she is. Kabe serves as the comic relief of the unfortunate situation and James Haddad, A&S ’17, aptly romps about in front the Snelgrave’s window, singing to himself and deceiving both the inhabitants of the manor and the crowds that come to hear him speak by selling them fraudulent remedies to the plague. One can notice Haddad’s Kabe lazily keeping watch on the home through the window, an admirable detail that reminds the audience of Kabe’s complacent yet determined guard over his captives. The set is well-designed, as the audience forms two sides of a square that the stage and home complete. Though at times this aesthetic worked seamlessly, there were instances where an action would be

blocked from view of half the audience or a character’s positioning made it difficult to hear what they were saying or notice how they physically reacted to certain situations. This case of obscured sight lines did not detract too much from the overall performance, but these small distractions could add up to larger hindrances to an audience’s understanding of the story. Generally, the set design was dynamic and the actors did a nice job making use of it. The plot development and symbolism in One Flea Spare itself can be strange or nonsensical at times. It seems to tackle societal issues other than class discrimination. And while some of these insights are well placed, others mar an understanding of a character and his or her role in the grander scheme of things. It also feels as if a few characters were not developed fully, which, with such a small cast, made it seem as if little consequence befell anyone but the snotty Snelgraves. Bunce and Morse are rather simplistic characters in that they have little to no doubts or challenges that change their essence or develop them more thoroughly. Despite these issues intrinsic to the text, the production made the most with what they had. Directed by Cara Harrington, A&S ’15, One Flea Spare is an admirable adaptation of Naomi Wallace’s play. Filled with social commentary, it pits the upper echelon of society against the lower, entrapping compelling representations of both sides under the same roof in the face of an ominously encroaching pandemic. n

This weekend in arts

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By: Chris Fuller | Associate Arts & Review Editor

Brazilian Carnival (Saturday, 4 P.M.)

‘McFarland, USA’ (Opens Friday)

Chorale Winter Concert (Saturday, 7 P.M.)

‘One Flea Spare’ (thursday Through Sunday 7:30 p.m.)

Join Boston College’s Brazilian Club Saturday afternoon for music, food, and a live samba performance at the Cabaret Room in Vanderslice. There will be pão de queijo, brigadeiros, and other delicious Brazilian dishes.

The University Chorale will be having its Winter Concert in St. Ignatius Saturday evening. The show will include selections from Mozart’s Requiem and Coronation Mass, Schubert’s Mass in G, and other pieces. Admission for the show is free.

FACES Presents: Speak For Your Change (thursday, 7:30 P.M.)

B.E.A.T.S., F.I.S.T.S., and Against the Current, among other guests, will be featured in a show artistically exploring change at BC. Hosted in the Rat, the collaboration will highlight issues of identity and racism.

High school students from McFarland, Calif. go up against the odds to form a cross-country team, despite their financial instability. Kevin Costner plays coach Jim White in the drama based on a true story.

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FCBC Fashion Show (friday, 7 P.M.)

The Fashion Club of Boston College hosts its second annual Fashion Show in the Rat. The show features designs from Daisy Spade, Duchess, Clear Classics, Vineyard Vines, and makeup by Cindy Chen. JUICE and F.I.S.T.S. will perform.

‘Hot Tub Time Machine 2’ (Opens Friday)

The sequel to Hot Tub Time Machine sees Nick and Jacob firing up the hot tub to save Lou from an unknown assassin. Craig Robinson and Clark Duke reprise their roles.

The theatre department and Robsham present Naomi Wallace’s One Flea Spare. After a plague infects London, rich and poor are quarantined together and must face bitter societal differences for better or worse.

OLAA’s Annual Culture Show (friday, 7 p.m.)

The Organization of Latin American Affairs is hosting its Annual Culture Show in Gasson 100. There will be performances from Viva de Intensa Pasion, the MIT Casino Rueda, and the Boston Salsa University Dance Team.

The Heights

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Formerly BC Idol to New Heights By Ryan Dowd Arts & Review Editor A week from now, Robsham will be packed with friends and the curious passerby, in search of the next big thing on campus—or maybe just to see their friend sing. Sing it to the Heights, formerly known as BC Idol, arrives on the Robsham stage to crown the next great Boston College voice. In its 11th year on campus, Sing it to the Heights is the marquee event for the Emerging Leaders Program (ELP) in conjunction with The Office of Government & Community Affairs, The Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs, and the Robsham Theater Arts Center. In the past, BC Idol has shone a spotlight on those with the musical gene and those who practice serious craft. The popular event finally drew the suspicious eye of American Idol, who in corporate fashion issued a cease and desist order over the use of

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the show’s name and logo. ELP and its partners at Student Involvement switched gears and held a contest within ranks to re-christen the event. Michael Padulsky, LSOE ‘15, who will co-emcee the show with Lindsey Murphy, A&S ’15, coined the event’s new name. Sing it to the Heights is a rebranding that begins to move the event away from gimmick and into a more wholesale ownership of the event. While contestation with American Idol was, at the time, not entirely ideal, it has allowed ELP and Student Affairs to take greater ownership to develop their own brand and past the Fox entertainment program and its slouching ratings. After some focused re-branding with their name and logo—now featuring a lone microphone—ELP and company turned their attention to auditions. They were held Jan. 25 to the Jan. 29 and ranged across BC’s campus from Newton to Carney to several main auditions in Gasson.

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After hearing more than a 100 students, 10 contestants emerged from the fiery crucible. This year’s group consists of singer-songwriters, members from a cappella groups, and even some accompanied by the violin. “We got a whole range of genres and instruments,” said Alex Concepcion, member of ELP Sing it to the Heights steering team. “There were a lot of guitars and pianos. One performer brought a violin accompanist. You’re going to be hearing a really diverse crowd in the show.” The ELP team worked to pull together the 10 best musicans but also put on an engaging show. No contestant is like the other. “Breadth of musical performance was definitely important,” Concepcion said. “Talent was obviously looked at. We have something from every different genre, because we don’t want it to look like people are hearing the same song or same artist for every performance. We want a large array of performers and musicality

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just so people can enjoy the show.” The featured contestants are the main stars of the event but will be joined by three Jesuit “judges”: Rev. Don MacMillan, S.J., Rev. Michael Davidson, S.J., and Rev. Mario Powell, S.J. All three return from last year’s event which crowned Benjamin Stevens, A&S ’17, on vocals, and Chris Vu, A&S ’17 on piano. They will be judges in name though not in practice. They’ll be able to voice their opinion throughout the show, but the audience has the ultimate vote to decide who will win. It all goes to a worthy cause—music programs for St. Columbkille, a BC partnership school. Students who’ve benefited from such musical training will perform during the show. Sing it to the Heights is also an important cog that fosters music on BC’s campus, as artists emerge out of the woodwork of the dorm basements and Lyon’s practice rooms. It’s a platform for aspiring musicians and people who just like to sing. n

By Summer Lin

Asst. Arts & Review Editor

“I’m always a little nervous when I perform in front of people but also really excited.” Chris Colgan, CSOM ‘16

“I get nervous right before I go on, but I also get addicted to the feeling of feeling nervous.”

Wynmm Murphy, A&S ‘18

“I go for bluesy or soulful music like John Legend.” Meaghan Linehan, CSOM ‘17

“A couple songs had the same chords and I think they fit well. ‘Thinking Out Loud,’ ‘Stay with Me,’ or MJ’s ‘Man in the Mirror.”

“I think I’m ready. I’m doing it with my roommate, so we’ve been practicing. He’s playing violin.”

“I’m to rhythmic music with a softer side. I’m influenced by artists like Ed Sheeran, John Mayer, and Lamontagne.”

Patrick Fei, A&S ’18

“I remember being constantly yelled at growing up by teachers for always singing.”

Jonathan Vaughan, CSOM ‘17

Nick Page, A&S ‘18

“I’m in Against the Current … I’m a little nervous, but I’ve performed with my group before so it should be okay.”

Esther Chung, CSON ‘17

ChrisPaterno, A&S ‘15

“The first gig I ever had was on my 15th birthday. I just picked up a guitar and ended up playing for over an hour.”

Alex Cavanaugh, CSOM ‘17

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40 years live from New York Chris Fuller Ironically enough, Sunday night was an especially important evening for Saturday Night Live. The seemingly timeless variety show celebrated its 40th anniversary with a star-studded—no, celebrity-supersaturated special that aired on the show’s home network NBC. The four-and-a-half hour special (counting the red carpet show before the event) gathered just about every living cast member of the legendary comedy program that crossed the stage of Rockefeller Center’s Studio 8H. The special even garnered the likes of Bradley Cooper, Betty White, and Jerry Seinfeld among a myriad of other stars. With as large a guest list as this special had, the celebration highlighted the unfathomable amount of love that SNL has retained from both celebrities and the public throughout its 40-year escapade on NBC. Personally, I started watching the program about six or seven years ago, right in the heart of the 2008 election and just before the show’s 35th anniversary. The make-up of the show at that time was very different than it is now, with Maya Rudolph having just left and Amy Poehler, then pregnant, also gearing up to say goodbye. Many felt—just as others feel now— that the cast then was incomparable to any of the casts that had come before it and that the show was inevitably on a downward path. It’s a sad characteristic of the show that a present cast is rarely appreciated in its time, as now many look back to the cast of seven or eight years ago as being one of the better ensembles of the show’s run. Sunday’s anniversary special did a nice job of highlighting not only some of the great clips of the 70s, 80s, and 90s, but featured many of the memorable moments of the show’s recent past. One moment of such round-a-bout reflection was a collaboration, hosted by Martin Short and Maya Rudolf’s Beyonce, featuring some of SNL’s most famous musical sketches. With the likes of Will Ferrell and Ana Gayster’s Marty and Bobbie Culp, Fred Armisen and Kristen Wiig’s Garth & Kat, and Bill Murray’s Nick Ocean, who sang a lyric ballad to the theme song from Jaws, this skit probably walks away as the funniest moment from Sunday’s special. Another great throwback to both more modern skits as well as celebrated skits from the past was the digital short that featured Andy Samberg and Adam Sandler singing about “When You Break.” The song showcased multitudes of scenes of cast members breaking into laughter during a skit, a notorious nuance of performing on the show. It even addressed some of the rumors about whether cast members break on purpose in failing skits and Lorne Michael’s response to cast members breaking. (I still don’t believe he takes it too kindly.) Sunday’s celebration, however, reminded us of some of the less admirable traits of the show as well. Though at first they seemed appropriate, the non-stop barrage of clips from the show took away from what felt like valuable airtime. While a celebration of the past was an intrinsic element of the special, Sunday’s show felt it could have easily been cut down to an hour and a half show and still have done justice to the series’ 40th anniversary. The worst feature of the whole anniversary show was the celebrated, “epic” return of Eddie Murphy. To be honest, it seemed like everyone had forgotten that Murphy existed. I personally haven’t seen him in anything since he was in Tower Heist back in 2011 and I do not think much of what he has done in the past decade (aside from voicing Donkey in Shrek). Sure, Murphy appeared on the show from 1980 until 1984 and had several recognizable, funny characters he brought to SNL, but what kind of “historical return” consists of a 45 second to a minute-long spiel on how great the show is and, “let’s have more show.” Though I am not a big fan of Murphy’s, nor did I expect much of his return, this came across more as just a poor attempt at raising hype about the special. Overall, the Saturday Night Live 40th anniversary highlighted what it seems people love most about the show: its lovable band of recognizable, hysterical impressions and characters and the countless opportunities for celebrity guest appearances in each episode. A large portion of the show was dedicated to celebrating the work the series’ producer Lorne Michaels has put into his creation and Michaels really does deserve the recognition given to him. Saturday Night Live has made a brand for itself that few, if no other franchises could ever imagine having and Sunday’s special did well to fully acknowledge its legacy.

Chris Fuller is the Assoc. Arts & Review Editor for The Heights. He can be reached at arts@bcheights.com.

THE HEIGHTS

Thursday, February 19, 2015

Filmmaker Douglas Gautraud’s philosophy behind the lens RYAN DALY An artist is an addict to the story. An artist wants to move you, spark something deep. An artist knows that there is something to say, but it never comes out in the right way. Maybe the words on the page or the notes in the song just don’t meet the ear the same way they roar in that artist’s brain. Ira Glass points this out in his famous speech on The Gap, saying that, “For the first couple years you make stuff, it’s just not that good. It’s trying to be good, it has potential, but it’s not ... A lot of people never get past this phase, they quit.” So you strap in, hunch over, and work. Clap the hands together and let the chalk rise. And this idea, the one that says that the artist is made, not born, is encapsulated in Douglas Gautraud. Douglas Gautraud manages to be both the kind of guy you would want to have a couple careless beers with, and the kind of guy you would want to circumnavigate the globe with. Gautraud is equal parts genial and contemplative—his views on creativity, authenticity, and hardwork demand a conversation that stretches far into the night—but also evokes a sense of adventure

and fearlessness—a desire for the tangible things in life. If Gautraud had an extra one-way plane ticket to somewhere ridiculous, I would be scrambling to pull a bag together. Gautraud’s battle isn’t with the hackneyed, uninspired work of others artists’ work, but for the honesty in his. This battle came center stage when he released “My Mother’s Motorcycle” on YouTube a little under a year ago. The video, as Gautraud says, “is the first thing I made that I was very proud of.” But, even as he says this, his voice is absent of all vanity, full instead with a very quiet confidence that some might confuse with shyness. The video has garnered over a million views, and for a story that is so simple, and builds so obviously and linearly, it still manages to have that endlessly watchable charm. In the video, Gautraud talks about how his mother came to own a motorcycle, using his two grandfathers as the jumping off point, and through this simple story, Gautraud gets to the core of a lot of the big questions, like why we attribute such sentimental value to material goods. As much as materialism destroys us, it comes to define us, and the things we own say so much about who we are. Even more than that, who we

are comes to define the things we own; materialism is a circle. Older things seem much more tangible and authentic compared to newer things. Gautraud sees it as a question of character—he compares buying a plastic chair from Walmart to buying a wooden chair from a craftsman. “They’re both chairs,” Gautraud says. “But, you know, the wooden chair is a better chair.” There is something more true in the splinters and sweat that has to be put in to make that wooden chair—the character. Typewriters, record players, homemade sweaters ,and craft beer all have this draw to them. In a more literal sense, they are there in front of you, available at the touch the way things on the Internet may not be, but it’s also the fact that someone out there really cares about this product that makes us care about the product. This really has nothing to do with the older origins of these products come from, although many might think that. Nobody 50 years ago was drinking craft beer. “My grandfathers probably drank only Budweiser,” Gautraud says, laughing. And he’s right. The counterculture drive for what’s commonly referred to as hipster is really a drive for material goods to have some

place in our lives, not existing as just fake realities. We want things to compliment us, not for us to live through. What we own says a lot about who we are, and who we are says a lot about the things we own. But to say that’s the only point of Gautraud’s video would be doing it injustice. “I kept just wanting to make something, and it always looked bad,” Gautraud joked about his earlier work in film. For a guy that never took a film class, he feels that he has, “learned from necessity,” spending copious amounts of time working under, over, and through ideas to make sure they’re honest and true. He’s a filmmaker but film isn’t his only source. “For me personally, I’m interested in a lot of creative endeavors … mathematicians, physicists, graphic designers.” As for his future personal work, Gautraud is surprised when I bring up a project that he mentioned in an interview with Music Bed, in which he says, “I want to make a video about why beautiful things are so closely related to painful things.” Gautraud has been making commercials for Nikon since the attention garnered from “My Mother’s Motorcycle”—working with bigger budgets than the $400 he shelled

out for the YouTube video—and it sounds like he hasn’t had much time to devote to personal endeavors, but my thought is that that idea is still working back there, percolating in the recesses of his mind. He’ll sit on it until both he and the idea is ready, it will most certainly be something worth watching. Gautraud finds it super important to have heroes and role models, and I can’t help but feeling that he has become one of mine. It’s not about showy gimmicks or clever distractions for Gautraud, but hard, nose to the grindstone work—biting the bullet knowing the teeth might shatter, closing that gap that Ira Glass so famously talks about. It’s also about modesty, the whole way through. “You just have to do the work,” Gautraud says. “And then keep doing more work. People will find the work appealing from the work put in.” Douglas Gautraud is a man of the story, and for all of the work, all of the elbow grease and time, he has certainly sparked something deep.

Ryan Daly is an editor for The Heights. He can be reached at opinions@bcheights.com.

It is never ‘Too Late’ for a new, surprise mixtape from Drake BY HANNAH MCLAUGHLIN For The Heights As if there needed to be another reason to love Drake, the surprise release of his newest mixtape If You’re Reading This It’s Too Late reaffirms both his inherent likability and his superiority in the realm of rap. Deviating slightly from his signature style— repetitive yet catchy refrains and overlapping poppy background beats—Drake delivers 17 impressive tracks. Loaded with freestyle rap as opposed to established choruses, the lyric-heavy songs showcase the Toronto native’s innate ability to create meaningful content in a genre typically lacking in genuine sentiments. What separates Drake from others in the industry is simply his genuine honesty. Usually avoiding the superficiality of rap that glorifies materialism and misogyny, Drake opts for a different kind of subject matter. If You’re Reading This is comprised mostly of tracks that explain Drake’s values, criticizes societal norms, and provide listeners with a taste of the 28-yearold’s unrivaled motivation to succeed and improve. A self-described sensitive guy, Drake is the toughest softie in the game—an attribute that fans appreciate, as his unabashed expression of emotional vulnerability is a refreshing change from the overbearing

confidence exuded by other notable rap artists of today. The introspective mixtape features just a few of Drake’s big-name rap buddies, which adds some welcome variety to Drake’s distinct mellow tone. Lil Wayne lends his raspy tones to the angsty track “Used To”—this well-produced collaboration discusses the scarcity of loyal friendships in an industry whose major players crush the competition in attempts to catapult themselves to the top. Drake gives insight into his world when he says, “When you get to where I’m at / You gotta remind them where the f—k you at / Every time they talking it’s behind your back.” One of the more popular tracks from the mixtape is “Preach” featuring PARTYNEXTDOOR. A smooth track whose instrumentals compliment the rather haunting vocals perfectly “Preach,” emerges as one of the strongest pieces on Drake’s new release. Boasting a repetitive hook and distinct dream-sequence background music, the song creates a hypnotic sound that differs from Drake’s previous hits. Interestingly enough, Drake’s tendency to spit lyrics on his rise to fame and all the ever-present “enemies” and “haters” comes off as more of an inspirational monologue of trouncing obstacles as opposed to an irritating laundry-list of grievances. Yet another

well-received track from If You’re Reading This, “6pm in New York” features multiple shout-outs to these haters, as Drake reveals that they are “eating away at [his] confidence / they scream out [his] failures / and whisper [his] accomplishments.” Instead of portraying himself as a victim, the rapper constantly works to be perceived as resilient and hardworking. The cockiness that is frequently found in his lyrics does not seemed to have deterred his fans. His attention to craft sways the listener. For example, the mixtape contains boastful lines like, “Lil Wayne couldn’t have found him a better successor”

and “it’s so childish calling my name on the world stage / ... My career’s like a how-to manual so I guess it’s understandable.” Of course, as in any album, several songs on the tracklist seem to have missed the mark. Bland pieces like “Madonna” and “Star67” add very little substance to the mixtape. These musical fillers seem to do nothing but elongate the duration of the album. Lacking emotion, these tracks pale in comparison to the brilliantly confessional “You & The 6,” Drake’s musical thank-you note to his supportive mother for the helpful guidance he received throughout his upbringing.

Nearly six years after dropping his debut album So Far Gone, Drake shows far he’s come with the surprise release and immediate popularity of If You’re Reading This. Shattering Spotify streaming records within the first 24 hours of the drop, Drake convinces listeners that he has not yet reached his peak popularity and success. Despite claims that he has “Got a lotta enemies / Got a lot of people trying to drain [him] of [his] energy,” overwhelming anticipation for Drake’s unannounced project suggests that this rapper has just as much life in him as he did at the advent of his so far colossally lucrative career. 

For all the rock purists out there, it’s easy to bash Imagine Dragons for their association with the rock genre. It’s easy to be as outraged as Queens of the Stone Age rocker Josh Homme was when the band won “Best Rock Performance” at the Grammys last year over other certified rock acts like Queens of the Stone Age, Jack White, Led Zeppelin, and Alabama Shakes (At a Texas gig, Homme

reportedly vented to the crowd, “F—k Imagine Dragons”). For many, the electronic patches, loops, and samples that Imagine Dragons are famous for employing have no place in “real” rock music. But to get lost in labels, in the truly infuriating quest for “authenticity,” is to get lost in confusing constructs that hinge on tradition instead of progression (which is, in fact, not very “rock’n’roll” at all). And while Imagine Dragons’ latest album, Smoke + Mirrors, isn’t built on ripping guitar solos

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or raunchy power chords, nor is it particularly groundbreaking or artistically progressive, it is a decent album by any standards. To focus instead on its labeling—the ways in which it fails to be “rock” or succeeds in being “pop”—is to miss the good on this album, which does outweigh the bad, even if only by a small margin. As its name suggests, Smoke + Mirrors deals heavily with themes of dark, hidden truths. It deals with moments of unpleasant self-revelation. The great irony is how much

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of the album is shrouded in smoke and mirrors itself, which may not necessarily be a fault, but an appropriate aesthetic. The lyrics of “Smoke and Mirrors” ponder, “All I believe / Is it a dream / That comes crashing down on me?” They are hazy lyrics, both self-critical and uncritical. The broadness of the statement, “All I believe,” removes us from a specific emotional grounding within the speaker’s mind, suggesting that the question is more of a nagging, vague feeling as opposed to a deep introspective thought. It’s a big question with big implications, but it’s all show, without ever getting too close to a tangible truth. Other lines may get closer, but still remain distant and simplistic in their revelatory criticism. For instance, in “Polaroid,” they muse, “Love is a polaroid, better in picture but never can fill the void,” and in “Dream,” they ponder, “We all are living in a dream but life ain’t what it seems.” The music works to the same effect: it is at times gimmicky and seems more progressive and subversive than it actually is. “I’m So Sorry” is big and flashy, and indeed, it is the album’s most explosive climax. Imagine the grungy Black Keys sound with heavy electronic patches replacing garage-rock guitars. The synthesizers accompanying the verses of

“Gold” and the organ-like patches of “It Comes Back To You” sound a little overdone, like anything that you would hear on top 40 radio stations. As a whole, Smoke + Mirrors is a little like a combination of Avicii and U2, with the latter especially invoked in the reverb-filled guitar tracks. It’s a combination of two extremely flashy artists, and while there’s nothing wrong with that, the inherent gimmick of these elements gives off the impression that Imagine Dragons isn’t as big and important as they try to appear. Additionally, bringing tired pop sounds to usual rock formulas doesn’t exactly create the revolutionary results that they may be pursuing. Yet on an album that explores the facades of life that conceal unknown truths, it’s a sonic exploration that is actually quite fitting. It’s also very much redeemed by frontman Dan Reynold’s explosive and dynamic vocals, which are capable of jumping from tender affection to triumphant screaming, as they do on “I Bet My Life.” The songs themselves are actually well written, catchy, and altogether enjoyable, and while they may not be what’s right for the ultimate sanctity of rock’n’roll, they may satisfy listeners less concerned with such genre conventions. 

After weeks of promoting her newest project on virtually all social media platforms, Taylor Swift finally released the music video for her popular 1989 single “Style.” Despite lofty expectations set by the singer herself, the finished product is far from the extraordinary video fans were hoping to see. Fanciful and artistic, Swift’s new video certainly had potential. Toying with silhouettes, reflections, optical illusions, and captivating layering techniques, the video’s art direction impressed viewers with the stylistic ingenuity of the video. The computer-generated effects, though, did little to develop any kind of plot. Constant montages of Taylor traversing through the woods as well as the 37 or so artsy angle shots of the singer failed to provide viewers with any real content or message. Featuring a strange mix of visual effects and snippets of Swift laughing “candidly” in the driver’s seat of a convertible, this video is void of a solid plotline to keep viewers intrigued throughout the song. Swift’s love interest du jour is Dominic Sherwood, a dreamy actor and musician whose unique different colored eyes must have been the only requirement for landing the role as her latest on-screen-sweetheart. The video features Sherwood doing nothing but staring longingly at the ocean while Swift stares seductively into the camera. Unfortunately, none of the footage has anything to do with the well-crafted lyrics present in the popular track , making for a decidedly mediocre music video. Much more like a botched attempt at a poorlyfunded perfume commercial than the newest TSwift masterpiece, the “Style” video is best described simply as cool, but not very. 

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MONAKR “Diamond” This is a pop song, but it’s not just a pop song. It’s kind of experimental and orchestral and lots of other wonderful things all meshed into one delightful nugget of sound. In other words, this is a great, energetic track to listen to anytime. Play it on your walk to class—its rat-a-tat-tat rhythm will make you feel like you’re going somewhere much more interesting in history.

MONAKR is gearing up to release its as-yet-untitled debut EP on June 16th of this year, and they’re previewing it with this lead single. As its title implies, this pop/house track is a shining gem with uplifting lyrics and a feel-good beat. Listen to this “Diamond” when you need a great pick-me-up.

This song incorporates all the senses. With a combination of throbs and clicks, a hollowtoned bass, a ﬂicker of guitar, and some light keyboard, the beat envelops the senses. And then when you turn your attention to the lyrics, they give you all the feels. Garrett plays with perspective in this love song, as he pleads with himself and his boo-thang.

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Olivier Hanlan: BC’s one man wrecking crew vs. Miami By Chris Noyes Heights Staff

He has been on the floor for nearly 45 consecutive minutes without rest, save for the single, first-half minute that Steve Perpiglia mercifully gave him what can only be loosely labeled “rest.” The mileage adds up, the exhaustion mounts. Play after play, he runs around the multitude of screens, designed by basketball coach Jim Christian to give Boston College’s only ball handler some semblance of a head start. Soon, every opponent on the floor will collapse on the only player that poses any threat to their victory against a depleted BC (9-15, 1-11 ACC) squad. Play after play, he must make something happen, either by scoring or by putting his teammates in position to score—most of them cannot manufacture their own shots. Yet amid this inhuman burden, the mammoth responsibility of being the Eagles’ primary scorer and primary creator, Olivier Hanlan does not stop. The minutes pile up, the game grows old, and yet, his motor runs at a higher level than that of anyone on the court. With less than two minutes to go in the first overtime of BC’s 89-86 double OT loss to Miami (16-9, 6-6 ACC), Hanlan darts around the floor. As Aaron Brown handles the ball at the top of the key, Hanlan runs his defender off two screens, slips to the corner, and drills a three to put BC in front, 73-71. This play is just one example of the tremendous job Hanlan does night after night, despite garnering multiple defenders’ attention on each play. In Monday’s game, Hanlan displayed his full offensive repertoire, racking up 32 points on 13-of-26 shooting and 5-of-12 from beyond the arc. He also tagged on four assists against just a single turnover. Taking a look at the game, here are a few of the plays that demonstrate the skills of arguably the most dangerous guard in the entire ACC. Christian put together an excellent game plan for Monday’s contest, effectively using Hanlan’s skillset to take advantage of Miami’s defensive scheme. Against pick and rolls, Miami prefers to have the big man guarding the screener move laterally with the ball handler, forming a less aggressive version of a trap. Since two defenders will be guarding the ball, the screener must also be accounted for in order for this scheme to work. Thus, it becomes the job of a third defender, usually on the weak side of the play, to bump the big man on his way to the rim. The defender must slow him down long enough for the big man

defending the ball to retreat back to his original assignment. This, then, allows the third defender to scramble back to his own assignment before too much time has elapsed. To combat this, Christian dictated which defender had to help on the play. This type of play illustrates Christian’s tactical acumen. With only one player (in this case Patrick Heckmann) stationed on the weak side, Heckmann’s defender is the only player in the vicinity to bump the rolling Dennis Clifford or Will Magarity, with the other two nearby defenders preoccupied with the ball. Thus, as Hanlan takes the handoff and dribbles around the screen, the weak-side shooter has an open three. Hanlan has shown great vision for this play, executing it to perfection numerous times throughout Monday’s contest. He makes plays like this all the time. He makes complicated reads seem effortless, often leading a teammate to an open jumper or dunk. Dribble handoffs leading into pick and rolls allow Hanlan to direct the defense all game long. The set gives him numerous options, showcasing his ability to dribble, pass to shooters, and penetrate the paint. His explosiveness and deft touch around the basket allow him to be a threat to score in the paint every time he touches the ball. As the game went on, Miami began to realize Hanlan’s multitude of options coming off this play, overplaying him as he attempted to get the dribble handoff from the big man at the top of the key. For a less-talented player, having the first option snuffed out would end the play, forcing the offense to reset. Hanlan is not most players. He has a high basketball IQ and possesses the innate knowledge to try something different when his first option is cut off. Thus, with the Miami guards’ attempt to get between Hanlan and the ball, he decided to cut backdoor into the space vacated by his defender. In the clip above, he slices into the paint and feeds an open Heckmann in the corner. With the defense scrambled by Hanlan’s drive, Heckmann takes the ball in for the layup. Early in the second half, on a similar play, Hanlan cut backdoor for a layup of his own, once again showing his ability to adjust on the fly. Further distancing himself from other players, Hanlan can dominate the game playing either on or off the ball, thanks to his lethal outside shooting stroke. Late in the first overtime, down 71-70, BC began the above play, with Brown handling the ball. With the ball out of his

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Olivier Hanlan had another great game against the Miami Hurricanes, keeping up his blazing hot streak by dropping 32 points. hands, Hanlan still showed his ability to take over. Slicing from the corner nearest the BC bench, he ran his defender, Manu Lecomte, off a double screen to take a pass from Brown in the opposite corner. Pausing only briefly to set his shoulders, Hanlan let fly a three that put BC up 7371. The ability to be a player that can both run plays with the ball in his hands and operate plays off the ball is a special quality, and one which few ACC players possess. Despite all the defensive attention he faces, this is the reason why opposing defenses cannot eliminate Hanlan from the game. He simply adjusts his strategy based on the way the defense plays him, never forcing anything and always mak-

ing the right basketball choice. Finally, no advanced analysis is required to understand the final piece in Hanlan’s tool kit. Hanlan can create his own shot in isolation at all times, be it a jumper or drive to the hoop. His isolation jumpers, however, rest at the forefront of BC fans’ minds, as the plays often leave defenders backpedalling while Hanlan fades back into an uncontested jumper. This play has become his signature isolation move. Hanlan will take the ball on the wing and dribble hard to the baseline as if he intends to go to the rim. Suddenly, he stops on a dime, sending his defender flying past him. He rises

into an easy 15 footer. With the ability to make this shot from anywhere on the floor, Hanlan possesses the ability to keep his team in the game even if all of its offensive sets have been disrupted. With an offensive array that is the envy of nearly every guard nationwide, Hanlan can do virtually anything his team needs. He is an elite superstar in the truest sense of the word, an unstoppable force with a counter for every defensive tactic. Now, he just needs his teammates to give him some help even a one-man wrecking crew like himself cannot topple the giants of the ACC, a lesson BC has learned over and over again during this arduous season. n

Hughes and Daley step up in overtime win against NC State By Alex Stanley Heights Staff

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Emilee Daley and Kelly Hughes (23) each scored 16 in the Eagles big win against NC State.

With nearly 25 seconds left on the clock , North Carolina State guard Len’Nique Brown knocked down a 3pointer to tie the game at 55, and sent the Monday night game against Boston College into overtime. Five game minutes later, in overtime, she hurled the ball hopelessly from her end, trying to salvage any measure of the score line that the Wolfpack once had. Brown had 18 points in her team’s 64-59 loss to the BC women’s basketball team at Conte Forum. The game got off to a late start, seeing as the men’s basketball game, scheduled directly before, went into double overtime. While the start may have been late, it surely was not slow. The gameplay began as a 3-point shooting competition would. BC struck first in the contest, as Emilee Daley knocked down a 3-pointer with the first shot of the game. Brown then added three points to the scoreboard for NC State in return. Daley knocked down another, then for ward Jennifer Mathurin for the Wolfpack, then Ashley Kelsick for the Eagles and finally Dominique Wilson

hit the final 3-pointer of this opening duel. Wilson capped the game at nine apiece, minutes after the whistle blew to start. It was at this point that BC began to pull away from the Wolfpack, establishing a control over the game that would not be broken until much later. Marti Mosetti slipped Daley for two points down low, then center Katie Quandt bagged another two points for the Eagles near the basket. BC went on a scoring run, switching the point of attack from the 3-point line to the paint. NC State could not seem to match the Eagles on the offensive end, allowing the Eagles to score 10 uncontested points. In this manner, BC racked up a sizeable lead. Daley shone in this half, doubling the point total of the second highest scoring player on the court, Kelsick. Daley had 12, while Kelsick had six. They helped the Eagles go into the locker room with a lead of 11 points at 31-20. Little appeared to change as both teams took to the court once more, but NC State slowly crawled its way up the scoreboard. “We had some defensive errors,

coupled with some turnovers on the other end, and that’s the recipe to let them come back ,” head coach Erik Johnson said. “But you have to give NC State credit—they hit huge shots, they were well coached, they put us in tough positions.” The Eagles had 13 turnovers in the second half, one of the major factors of NC State’s ability to close the 11-point deficit it had going. Brown, Mathurin, and guard Miah Spencer were all instrumental, ending regulation in doubledigits for the Wolfpack. Despite some poor play late in the game, Johnson credited his team with its ability to finish it out. He said that his players did not focus on the lead they lost, but instead worked to win. Coming off a 32-point game against Wake Forest, ACC Player of the Week Kelly Hughes had a quiet first half, but was indispensable for the Eagles toward the end. “The good thing for me and our shooters is that both Wake [Forest] and NC State have been going under screen, so us shooters have been having a field day,” Hughes said. “I haven’t seen that kind of space in weeks, since ACC play started.” n

The Eagles lack a player who can deliver in a game’s final seconds From Column, B8 although that is not much of a prize given BC’s place on the aforementioned meter. With 19 seconds left in regulation, Brown— with a significant size advantage—posts up down low, gets the ball from Heckmann, and makes his first basket of the second half to tie the game at 47. For the game at Georgia Tech, Olivier Hanlan is under the microscope, as he led the Eagles with 25 points. The so-called clutch moment of the game for BC came with 1:00 left in the game, when Hanlan’s signature layup to put the Eagles up 61-59. In the grand scheme of things, these plays were not the type of clutch that the Eagles need, and most importantly, they did not win the game for the Eagles. For all the “un-clutchness” that BC has had, it has been the recipient of other team’s un-clutchness on a few occasions, forcing a second look at the quality of all of BC’s wins. After the baskets by Brown and Hanlan,

both Georgia Tech and Harvard had more than enough time to come up with their own clutch plays, but they didn’t. Wesley Saunders missed the jumper at the last second of the half, and BC handled the Crimson in the overtime period for the win. Quinton Stephens similarly held the ball for the Yellow Jackets, in need of a clutch basket in the waning moments of the game. He missed a jumper, but got the ball back after an offensive rebound, only to miss another jumper. Georgia Tech had to foul, and BC escaped yet another game. Naturally, after two blown chances for Heckmann this season, Hanlan has come under fire for not being the clutch player that the Eagles need. With the game on the line, on more than one occasion, the ball was not in the hands of BC’s best player. Hanlan is expected to be Reggie Miller or Michael Jordan, able to pull off a mean crossover and nail a game-winner, like Jordan against the Cavs in ’98, or drain an unfathomable 3pointer, like Miller against the Knicks in ’95.

But with all he does to carry his team for the first 30-plus minutes of a game, Hanlan cannot possibly be expected to be perfect down the stretch as well. Hanlan has the potential, but those are lofty expectations for someone whose NBA stock has been in flux. A Captain Clutch, like Derek Jeter and Joe Montana, isn’t going to arrive on the Heights anytime soon, and even someone with the capability of Hanlan is not quite capable of being Miller or Jordan. Instead, BC needs players like Heckmann and Brown to be Robert Horry and David Freese, role players who come up huge when it matters the most. When that happens, the lasting images from games are going to be Heckmann parading down the court, not him crouched in disbelief at halfcourt or slamming the ball in frustration as the buzzer sounds.

Jack Stedman is the Assoc. Sports Editor for The Heights. He can be reached at sports@bcheights.com

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After missing the game winner and fouling out, Pat Heckmann buries his face in a towel.

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The men’s hockey team split its weekend series with then-No. 17 Vermont, losing 3-2 in overtime on Friday and winning 6-5 on Saturday. Men’s basketball lost a heartbreaker to Miami, 89-86 in double overtime. Women’s basketball barely escaped Wake Forest with a 75-74 overtime win on the road. Minnesota Timberwolves’ guard Zach LaVine won the NBA Dunk Contest in impressive fashion Saturday night.

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With only four games remaining in the regular season, the No. 10 Boston College men’s hockey team gets set to face No. 16 UMass-Lowell on Friday. Only a game separates the second place Eagles and the third place Riverhawks in the Hockey East standings, making this a crucial game to decide which team will get a bye in the first round of the Hockey East Tournament. The Eagles will look for revenge in this game, after the Riverhawks defeated them in Lowell by a 5-2 score in the opening game of the season.

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Mikaela Rix scored four goals in a crushing defeat of the UMass-Lowell Riverhawks, 24-4.

Members of the University of Massachusetts-Lowell women’s lacrosse team threw up their hands in celebration. Taylor Sokol, standout rookie for the Riverhawks, had just scored, shooting it past Boston College goalie Lindsey Reder. Sokol’s shot finally got the Riverhawks on the board with 17:51 left in the second half, already the third of the season for the Hopkinton, Mass. native in only two games. Unfortunately for the Riverhawks, they would have needed 18 more goals to tie up the game. Once again, the No. 6/7 Eagles (2-0) showed flashes of their early season brilliance in this one, taking down UMass-Lowell (0-2) at the country’s best named stadium—Wicked Blue Field at the Cushing Field Complex—by a whopping margin of 24-4.

Head coach Acacia Walker’s team got off to a fast start from the get-go, with four goals in the first five minutes, including three from star senior midfielder Mikaela Rix. The Eagles never looked back from that, using an unbelievable 30 shots to jump out to a 16-0 lead at the end of the first. BC’s defense starred in this one as well. The Riverhawks didn’t even get possession in their own zone until five minutes into the first half. Additionally, the Eagles held UMassLowell to only one shot, giving sophomore goalie Zoe Ochoa an easy half. The Eagles cooled slightly in the second half after putting in the reserves. Each of BC’s substitutes saw considerable playing time in the second half—even Ochoa got the second half off as Reder manned the net. Nevertheless, the Eagles still tacked on another eight points, including the first career goals for freshmen Gieriet Bowen, and twin sisters Tara and Emma Schurr.

Rix and junior Sarah Mannelly shined in this one by mirroring each other’s efforts, leading the team with six points, four goals, and two assists each. The performance, however, was an all-around effort: 13 different Eagles found the back of the net against UMass-Lowell goalies Courtney Barrett and Olivia Wisner. Credit the Riverhawks for not giving up on this one. Despite the 19-0 deficit 40 minutes into the game, UMass-Lowell put up four goals on Reder and outshot BC 12-10 in the second half. After all, this game was only the second in the history of UMass-Lowell women’s lacrosse—the team lost 18-4 in its opening game at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst on Valentine’s Day. But it will take a long time for the upstart Riverhawks to catch up to the level of BC. As for Eagles fans, start getting your hopes up: this lacrosse team may be cooking up something special. 

BC’s freshman point guard Marti Mosetti adjusts to US life From Mosetti, B8 As for her prowess at point guard, Mosetti also owes much to her two-year spell with Famila Schio. She said that she learned much from having to compete with players much her elder, who had a more experienced knowledge of the game. Unsure of what she wished to do following the conclusion of high school, Mosetti lucked her way into BC program’s eyes. While playing for Famila Schio, Mosetti quickly formed a friendship with Kathrin Ress, a center for Famila Schio and former Eagle. Mosetti often found herself playing with Ress’ kids, and Ress took the opportunity to plug her alma mater. She contacted the BC coaching staff, set up a Skype call between parties and ultimately convinced Mosetti to become an Eagle. She knew little of teams and divisions in NCAA basketball, but the recommendation from Ress was enough to convince her to commit to the Heights. Mosetti rushed from city to city, taking exams and acquiring a visa before she eventually flew over to Boston to start her freshman year. “When I got here, I wasn’t really even able to speak,” Mosetti said. “I learned

English just by living here. It was hard in the beginning just because it was completely different.” Mosetti came to America knowing only the spare English she had learned in a classroom setting. Within two months, speaking English became less of a worry for Mosetti. Despite not knowing much of the language, she already had an active social life. In fact, she was so tired at one point that she forced herself to take a step back and focus on basketball, school, and her close friends. “It’s really hard coming across an ocean, but Marti has a couple things going for her,” head coach Erik Johnson said. “One is her personality—she is very easy to talk to, she makes friends easily, she is outgoing. Then from the academic side … she is such a good student—she is highly intelligent.” Mosetti quickly bonded with fellow freshman teammate and Nigerian native Ella Awobajo, since they are the only two foreigners on the basketball team. “Marti is a freshman, but I look up to that girl in so many ways,” Awobajo said. “She is so experienced in the game and she is always positive.” On the court, Mosetti has had to make a few adjustments, but she has recently ce-

mented her name in the starting lineup as a freshman. She noted the fast-paced, athletic nature of the American game as something that have forced her to make slight changes in her style of play. “Here I have to be more careful about the plays because obviously everyone is more athletic,” she said. “So everyone can put pressure and you have to be more careful about passing the ball and stuff. In Italy, we care more about the technique or systems. We barely run a coast to coast play.” Johnson remembered Mosetti’s first taste of American basketball, a road game at Stanford. Hopping out of the locker room, she stood in awe of the filled stands, dancing tree, and band. She called her mom amazed, thinking she was in some sort of movie. Mosetti had six turnovers that game. With a few more games under her belt, Mosetti began to adapt to the American game, but without losing a European flair. Mosetti is averaging 2.24 assists per game, but that number looks to grow as she continues to play more and more minutes. While she may play like Pirlo, she has yet to acquire the experience of the 35-year-old. But with a regular starting position established, and three more years as an Eagle, Mosetti has time to live up to that No. 21 jersey. 

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Mosetti (21) is averaging 20.6 minutes and 4.6 points per game in her first year at BC.

Despite Hanlan’s monstrous game, FSU prevails against BC BY ALEC GREANEY Heights Editor Olivier Hanlan dribbles around the perimeter, looking in at the paint. The man is on fire. A guy who normally waits until the second half to heat up already has 17 of his team’s 23 points, while Florida State only has 16 points of its own. The Seminoles have inexplicably left one defender on Hanlan for the majority of the first half, but they finally stick two guys in front of him to block his way. With no place to go, he gives up the rock, swinging the ball up to Patrick Heckmann at the top of the key. Here we go, Heck. Critics can place the blame for Boston College’s men’s basketball season on almost every facet of the team’s game. Poor 3-point shooting? Check. Weak defense? Sure. In-

ability to finish around the hoop or make free throws down the stretch? Watch the Miami or Pittsburgh game highlights. Dive deeper into the scorebook, and they can attack BC’s rebounding or turnover totals. But, no longer can anyone question Hanlan and his value to the team. He has averaged 27.6 points in BC’s past five games, and put up his second consecutive 32-point game on Wednesday night. And the Eagles haven’t taken advantage. It was FSU (15-12, 7-7 ACC) that played along with the Eagles in their most recent tease. The Seminoles did all they could to give BC (9-16, 1-12 ACC) the advantage early on, committing seven turnovers before they surpassed two points on the scoreboard. Yet, BC held just a five-point advantage at half, and didn’t hold a lead for the final 10 minutes of the game. The

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Eagles came up on the short end of the free throw trades (per usual), and only a softly-contested Aaron Brown layup in the waning seconds allowed BC to finish with the single-digit, 69-60 loss. The Eagles have now lost seven straight ACC games, a feat they didn’t reach even in last year’s ugly season. The most painful part has been the number of winnable games during the stretch—the worst coming in a double overtime loss against Miami on Monday. BC’s leading scorer in that game, behind Hanlan’s 32? Heckmann, with 13 points. The German receives the pass from Hanlan, awkwardly clutching the ball at his side. A defender stands four feet off him, leaving him plenty of space. Heckmann observes the scene for a second before jerking the ball up to his chest—a shot fake,

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be it an ugly one—before taking a step to his right. His defender, barely fazed by the weak fake, stays in front of him, cutting off the lane. Heckmann stops short, and dishes back to Hanlan, who still stands on the perimeter. He doesn’t hesitate, taking advantage of the few open feet in front of him to drive inside. Two big men cut off the penetration, so Hanlan passes out to an open Brown in the corner. Come on, Aaron. While FSU finally wised up after halftime and generally shut down Hanlan, he finally started to receive some help. Brown came out strong, getting a dunk and a layup in quick succession to help maintain BC’s slim lead. Ultimately, it wasn’t nearly enough. FSU’s Devon Bookert led the way with 18 points on 6-of-7 shooting, while Phil

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Cofer and Xavier Rathan-Mayes tacked on 13 points each. The Seminoles finished with two more turnovers than BC but outrebounded the Eagles 32-26, a consistent trend this season. Brown finished with 15 points but needed 14 shots to do it. No other player attempted more than four shots. Brown catches the pass and drives along the baseline toward the basket. His path is blocked by an FSU duo, so he cuts left and puts up a part-runner, part-floater before he loses his balance and crashes down on the court. The shot doesn’t go in—it rarely seems to in these instances. No serious contact occurred, no whistle blows. FSU grabs the rebound. Hanlan looks defeated as he runs back down the court. There’s only so much the guy can do. 

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BC falters in the clutch Jack Stedman

MIAMI VICE By Tom DeVoto Asst. Sports Editor Dimitri Batten jumped the passing route like an expert cornerback and snagged the loose ball. The Eagles needed his hustle play—they were clinging to a two-point lead with just over a minute left in overtime. Aaron Brown missed a 3-pointer on the ensuing Boston College offensive attack, but no matter—Patrick Heckmann swooped in from behind the arc in the corner to corral the offensive rebound on the opposite side of the court. He flung the ball out to Batten, and, now relieved, the Eagles could work with a fresh 35 seconds on the shot clock. Every BC player touched the rock during that time, and with time winding down on the possession, Heckmann slipped in a beautiful pass to a wide-open Dennis Clifford, who posterized the defense with authority. Twenty-five seconds and a four-point lead—easy, right? Not so fast. At times, it seemed like BC had locked up its first home conference victory of the season. The Eagles, however, just keep finding ways to lose. On the backs of a few clutch buckets from the University of Miami during the last seconds of the first overtime, the Hurricanes (16-9, 6-6 ACC) pulled away in double OT, leaving the Eagles (9-15, 1-11 ACC) in their wake. Foul. Missed dunk. Offensive rebound. Missed layup. Defensive rebound. Turnover. Turnover. Foul. Before any points were scored, the first 58 seconds of the game went exactly like this—defensive mistakes, errant passes, lazy dribbling in abundance from both teams. Neither one showed up ready to play for a weekday matinee at Conte Forum. “Seriously? Wake up!” BC head coach Jim Christian bellowed commands to his players from his post on the sideline in front of the home team’s bench. Looking at his team struggle in the first minute of the game reminded Christian of the loss against Syracuse University from last week, when the Eagles gave up and faltered down the stretch in a double-digit defeat. Both teams seemed to be suffering from a severe case of the Mondays—but they would both start to heat up in due time. Each team’s star—Olivier Hanlan for the Eagles, Sheldon McClellan for the

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Canes—picked up the game’s pace. For a stretch, it seemed like these two players scored every bucket for either end, which each trying to outduel the other. In the end, Hanlan won the battle, but The U won the war. Hanlan did it all for BC on Monday, only sitting for one of the game’s 50 minutes. He scored what is a season-high 32 points and added eight rebounds in the defeat, but he wasn’t thinking about his personal statistics after the game. “It’s tough,” Hanlan said. “We’re up four in the first overtime and just needed that one stop, but we broke down at the last second. They made some pretty nice plays down the stretch and we didn’t.” Christian noted the fact that Hanlan’s play has been on another level as of late, and he said that he has been having an excellent season. One thing he wishes, though, is that BC would win a few of these games for its star player. “Olivier let the game come to him, and only had one turnover in 49 minutes, so he runs our team well,” Christian said. “I feel bad because he needs to get a couple of these. We needed to get this one for him.” Heckmann proved to be Hanlan’s sidekick for the day, and he also had an astounding effort. The senior guard from Germany stuffed the stat sheet, contributing 13 points, eight rebounds, six assists, and three blocks before fouling out when going for a rebound under the Miami basket. Unfortunately, his day will be remembered for his one major mistake. As time expired at the end of the first half, Heckmann received a pass off an inbounds play from Hanlan and faked a pass back to him. Two defenders bit, and Heckmann saw daylight. Driving to the hole, he rose up, absorbed a bit of contact and rolled the ball onto the rim with his fingertips. It was a textbookquality play—minus the finish. The ball’s momentum was stunted on the front rim and it rolled gracefully into the hands of a Hurricane defender. After his fifth foul, Heckmann looked visibly distraught, and the emotion of the moment overcame him. “Patrick made some amazing plays down the stretch, and he played almost the whole game,” Hanlan said of his teammate. “He played his balls off, and he needs to keep his head up.” With just six contests left for BC in the season, the Eagles must find a way to prevent winnable game after winnable game from slipping from their grasp. But with each new loss, one can’t help but to replay the words of Christian over and over. Seriously? Wake up. n

The basketball should have rolled smoothly off Pat Heckmann’s fingertips and fallen through the basket as time expired. Heckmann flashing through the lane, into the path of two defenders guarding the rim, should have been the last scoring play of the game. Instead, the ball danced on the rim for an eternity, taunting Heckmann, before falling back to where it came from, forcing the game into a second overtime. The play call was great—everyone expected Olivier Hanlan, who inbounded, to get the ball back from Heckmann. Except Heckmann turned, saw an open lane to the basket, and only had to go up against two defenders nearly directly under the basket. On second thought, maybe the play call wasn’t so great, because for the second time this season, Heck had the chance to be the hero. And for the second time this season, he lived just long enough to see himself become the villain. Against Pittsburgh in January, a similar storyline played out. In the final seconds of regulation, Hanlan dished to Heckmann in the corner, who drove the baseline and clanked a contested layup off the front of the rim. That time, the German wasn’t the only one at fault. Dennis Clifford collected the rebound and inexcusably missed a wide open put-back, firing the ball off the backboard and past the awaiting basket. Heckmann had another chance in OT to win the game at the very end, but his favored finger-roll failed him once again. The similarities are easy to pick up on: Hanlan gives the ball to Heckmann, Heckmann attacks the hoop, and he misses the fingertip layup. The game then goes to overtime, and the Eagles lose. The only difference between the two games is how BC played in OT. In the first, BC came out firing, but then blew a five-point lead. In the second, Miami took over for the win. But none of that matters, as the final box score reads the same. On the clutch-o-meter, the Eagles land somewhere behind a stick-shift and the small handbag. And that does not even count Mike Knoll and the kicking crew of the football season, which drops BC to an unknown and even scarier depth of the underworld of the anti-clutch. If the basketball team is missing anything right now, it’s that one great player who should always have the ball in hand at the end of the game. Nobody ever expected the Eagles to beat—let alone compete—with the likes of Virginia, Louisville, and North Carolina, but they should be coming out victorious in winnable games like against Miami and Pitt. Two other games act as important case studies in the complex world of clutchness that surrounds Conte Forum and the Eagles: Harvard and Georgia Tech. Against Harvard, Aaron Brown got the nod as the most clutch player of the game,

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The Italian Job: Mosetti finding her stride on the state side By Alex Stanley Heights Staff Andrea Pirlo spins the soccer ball in his hands and places it in the grass about 45 yards from the goal. He takes a couple steps back and signals to his teammates that he is ready to take the free kick. It is Jan. 11, a pleasant day in Turin, Italy, as Italian soccer giant Juventus matches up against Napoli. Pirlo strikes the ball, curling it through a mess of defenders and onto the head of his teammate Martin Caceres, who knocks it past the goalkeeper. A few time zones away, another Italian is testing her craft in the sports world, this time in South Bend, Ind. Marti Mosetti, a freshman on the Boston College women’s basketball team, is receiving one of the toughest tests of her career as BC is trampled 104-58 against perennial powerhouse Notre Dame. Despite the heavy loss, Mosetti displayed the same type of skills as Pirlo on that day: an uncanny ability to find the pass that cuts through the opposing defense. Pirlo and Mosetti share the same national origin, jersey number (No. 21) and favorite

soccer team (Juventus), but they also possess strikingly similar characteristics in their respective sports. Watch either player and you’ll note a variety of skills that make them stand out—composure and confidence on the ball, a knack for splitting defenses with well placed passing, and an unrivaled vision on the attack. Thus, to learn of Mosetti—her playing style and disposition—look first at her Italian roots. Mosetti grew up in Trieste, a mediumsized city in the northeast of Italy. She describes her hometown as completely different from Boston, apart from the fact that the two cities are on the sea. She began playing basketball as a child, but quit after her team lost almost every game. “I get very pissed when I lose in general,” Mosetti said. From there she turned to gymnastics, but quit after she was told that she would become too tall. So she went back to basketball, a passion spurred by her grandfather. She credits a lot of her love for the sport to her grandfather’s influence, as he played the sport when he was

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younger. He took Mosetti to the basketball court and teach her certain fundamentals of the game. As her development quickly progressed, Mosetti caught the eye of professional team Famila Schio, located just outside of Vicenza. “I transferred to Vicenza when I was 16 or 17… it was a huge experience for my personal growth because I lived in my apartment by myself with one of my teammates who was the same age,” Mosetti said. To most Americans this may seem odd, but the Europe sporting model is heavily focused on training, especially within the academy of professional teams. Players progress within the ranks of the professional team until they are ready to play for the first team. Mosetti maintained her amateur status in the eyes of the NCAA, even though she was playing professionally. In her time with Famila Schio, Mosetti switched between playing with the first team and the development team, appearing in games for both.

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Marti Mosetti shows her grit on the court, trying to save the ball in the game against ND.

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